Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERKeep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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That means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.
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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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The storm hit with all the fury of a woman who’d been dieting for six months, only to discover she’d gained four pounds.
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Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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