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Writing is hard work. Generating stories that catch people's attention and holding it are very difficult.

David Ogden Stiers

Work

Well, I just wanted to be a person. I just wanted them to keep writing me as humanistic as possible.

Fisher Stevens

Writing

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.

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.

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.

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.

So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing.

George Stephen

Horror

Writing

The way I outline has changed quite a bit from when I first started writing.

George Stephen

First

Writing

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.

When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writing.

George Stephen

Writing

During that first year, I felt guilty that my wife was out working bringing in all our income, while I was at home playing on the computer, so I made myself treat writing like a job.

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.

Gloria Steinem

Writing

I started writing this feature comedy in New York - a Chris Farley vehicle. The script was decent. When I got to LA, I met some new friends in film school and had them read my script and give me notes.

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.