Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes About Literature
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If people would write exactly what I wanted to read I wouldn't feel so compelled to write myself
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I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never actually write anything. Talking about writing, dreaming about writing, can be very fun, but it won't get a book written. You've got to write
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One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works then a lot of the magic turns mundane.
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Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go.
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The fey in this country keep to themselves, and are a separate nation, much like the American Indians, but with even more autonomy.
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Readers respond to every genre intensely, if it's a genre that appeals to them. Again, who can say why anyone enjoys horror and dark fantasy? If I can't answer the question for myself, I wouldn't dream of trying to answer it for others
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I cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research. Research is non-fiction, especially for horror, fantasy, science fiction. Do not take your research from other people's fiction. Just don't.
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When sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don't shy away from it. Why should I?
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I started off like everyone else does, slogging but having a compulsion to put words on paper. I didn't write or read horror or fantasy, other than children's fantasy, until I was in my teens
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My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail
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I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.
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My characters surprise me constantly. My characters are like my friends - I can give them advice, but they don't have to take it. If your characters are real, then they surprise you, just like real people
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I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else
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I try not to worry about rewriting books that worked well the first time. I'm too busy writing new books to worry about things that are already in print
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What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you like. Most of the time you have no clue why.
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Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want gratuitous sex or violence. The sex and violence are only as graphic as need be. And never included unless it furthers the plot or character development
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Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to what you think is the end of the book, you will have hundreds of pages of words that came out of your head. It may not be perfect, but it looks like a book.
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