This is not a book of writing advice. It’s not here to help make you a better writer. Rather, it’s here to help you become a better storyteller.
“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.”
― How to Stop Time
― How to Stop Time
“I have been so many different people, played so many different roles in my life. I am not a person. I am a crowd in one body. I was people I hated and people I admired. I was exciting and boring and happy and infinitely sad.”
― How to Stop Time
― How to Stop Time
“Remember that the first rule when editing a book is to DO NO HARM.”
― The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know
― The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know
“This is not a book of writing advice. It’s not here to help make you a better writer. Rather, it’s here to help you become a better storyteller.”
― Damn Fine Story: Mastering the Tools of a Powerful Narrative
― Damn Fine Story: Mastering the Tools of a Powerful Narrative
“Stories drag you through the mud of multiple emotions and through the thorn-tangle of thinky thoughts.”
― Damn Fine Story: Mastering the Tools of a Powerful Narrative
― Damn Fine Story: Mastering the Tools of a Powerful Narrative
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