Pass the popcorn, please. Life is a film, theatre, a theatre of the soul. We play different roles on different stages. At death, we walk offstage. At birth, we walk onstage.
You don't have to be alone to feel alone.
A partner can encourage you, maybe even stop you from falling, but they can't get you to the top. That's entirely up to you.
When you do your research write down whatever interests you. Whatever stimulates your imagination. Whatever seems important. A story is built like a stone wall. Not all the stones will fit. Some will have to be discarded. Some broken and reshaped. When you finish the wall it may not look exactly like the wall you envisioned, but it will keep the livestock in and the predators out. (pg. 144)
. . . what makes a story unique is not necessarily the information in the story but what the writer chooses to put in or leave out. (pg. 146-147)
You can never tell you the mountain will allow and who it will not.
a good writer should draw the reader in by starting in the middle of the story with a hook, then go back and fill in what happened before the hook. Once you have the reader hooked, you can write whatever you want as you slowly reel them in.
I ask that all Americans demonstrate in their personal and public lives. . . the high ethical standards that are essential to good character and to the continued success of our Nation.
Going through a divorce after twenty-five years of marriage was the most difficult time for me. It was challenging to reorient my life from being centered around family, a family home, and a long-term relationship.
The music is first and foremost everything - no egos, no attitude, nothing - it's about the music.
The man behind the check-in counter gives the impression that he has just axe-murdered the motel's owner (and family, and family pet) and is going through these procedures of hostelry so as not to arouse suspicion.