Sara Zarr Is it good, bad, or neutral to recognize thematic patterns in your own work? When it comes to recurring themes, I’m of the mind that knowledge is probably not power, at least in terms of the work. – Sara Zarr Bad Quotes Knowledge Quotes Mind Quotes Neutral Quotes Patterns Quotes Power Quotes Recognize Quotes Recurring Quotes Terms Quotes Thematic Quotes Themes Quotes Readers want a story, not a pattern. It’s the specifics of a story that make it really ping our various reader radars. I tend to describe recurring themes as being part of a writer’s DNA – something so deeply embedded in us that even we don’t notice it until we’ve written three or four books.
Mark Meadows In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, hundreds of thousands have been left homeless, displaced, and broken. – Mark Meadows
Stuart Scott I keep working out for me, but I also keep working out for my daughters. I want Taelor and Sydni to know that I’m still strong. I want to walk them both down the aisle. And I still plan to. I hope to. I don’t know. That’s what cancer robs you of. Cancer robs you of the ability to look past today. – Stuart Scott
Mark Leyner Et Tu, Babe’ was born out of my absolute certainty that a writer’s life was solitary and insular, and I was happy with that. I love reading and writing; it’s my whole life. – Mark Leyner
Emily Osment I spend a lot of time with my friends when I have time off, which is the best. – Emily Osment
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