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"When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with what I thought were pretty sound plotting and structure basics."

George Stephen, Canadian Businessman
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"When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with what I thought were pretty sound plotting and structure basics."

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"On the other hand, now that I'm not dependent on fiction for my income, I've been writing more short stories despite the fact that there's no real paying market for short horror other than Cemetery Dance."
Dance, Fact, Fiction, Horror
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"I've devoted a lot of my time and effort during the past few years to developing my advertising copywriting business to the point of where I can support my family and don't have to depend on writing fiction for my income."
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"I'm a fan of short horror fiction... in fact, the most memorable horror I've read is of the short variety... but I have a hard time pulling it off myself."
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"I've been reading horror since I was five years old."
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"Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too."
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"The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a story's flaws before you invest a lot of time writing the first draft, and it's almost impossible to get stuck at a difficult chapter, because you've already done the work to push through those kinds of blocks."
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"So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing."
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"Trying to break into the horror market seemed natural."
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"So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books."
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"When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writing."
Writing,

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"One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet
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"I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time."

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"Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit."

Hank Aaron, American Athlete
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"I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium."

Lynn Abbey, American Author
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"Hard work makes easy reading or, at least, easier reading."

M. H. Abrams, American Critic
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"Learn as much by writing as by reading."

Lord Acton, British Historian
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"I've already figured out when I'm going to be No. 2 and No. 1."

Sheldon Adelson, American Businessman
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"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."

Joseph Addison, English Writer
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"One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well."

Amos Bronson Alcott, American Educator
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"Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen."

Stephen Ambrose, American Historian
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