In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies. L. Sprague de Camp
It makes more sense to write one big book - a novel or nonfiction narrative - than to write many stories or essays. Into a long, ambitious project you can fit or pour all you possess and learn. Annie Dillard
It was easy to believe, between lessons on Shakespeare and Dickens and Austen, that all of the great stories had already been written by dead Europeans. But every time I saw 'The Outsiders', I knew better. It was the first time I'd realized that real people write books. Ally Carter
It's hard enough to tell good stories about people who analyze information for a living. It's even harder to do a good show about people who think for a living.Henry Bromell
Life is a story. You and I are telling stories; they may suck, but we are telling stories. And we tell stories about the things that we want. So you go through your bank account, and those are things you have told stories about. Donald Miller
Like so many aspiring writers who still have boxes of things they've written in their parents' houses, I filled notebooks with half-finished poems and stories and first paragraphs of novels that never got written. Ally Carter
Listen to great storytellers; slowly, you will learn about voice, timing, tension, structure, climax - all the things you need to tell stories that will capture the imagination of your audience. Carmen Agra Deedy
Listening to others does not mean you should sound like them; find your own voice by telling stories as authentically as possible. Carmen Agra Deedy
Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you. Ernest Hemingway
My brother was a huge Charles Barkley fan - my brother went to Miami. He played power forward, and he always used to tell me stories about Barkley and college. And I watched Barkley growing up. I loved what he brought to the game. His toughness and just his attitude, being as strong he was. Paul Pierce
My family, they're story tellers. My mom is Irish, and my dad is Italian. In my family, we weren't allowed to watch TV while we ate - we had to sit around the table and tell stories about our day. Meg Cabot
My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next. Nora Ephron
My responsibility is to try to tell true stories. To me a true story is always hopeful, but never simply, uncomplicatedly happy. John Green
My stories are full of facts; they have a beginning and an end. For that reason, they will never... occupy a place in contemporary literature. Italo Calvino
My stories are full of facts; they have a beginning and an end. For that reason, they will never... occupy a place in contemporary literature. Italo Calvino
No excuses and no sob stories. Life is full of excuses if you're looking. I have no time to gripe over misfortune. I don't waste time looking back. Junior Seau
One likes to think one grows as a writer as one ages, else all you get is an 'old' young writer. Beyond that is the changing landscape of the universe and the stories I choose to tell. Raymond E.Feist
One of my favorite writers is Hans Christian Anderson. His stories speak to the times. Sandra Cisneros