We Must Nurture And Love, If Life

The Reader Wants To See Something Happen Between Pages One And Four Hundred, And Nothing Happens If The Characters Don't Change.

Lester Del Rey Told Me Repeatedly That The First And Most Important Part Of Writing Fiction Is Just To Think About The Story. Don't Write Anything Down. Don't Try To Pull Anything Together Right Away. Just Dream For A While And See What Happens. There Isn't Any Timetable Involved, No Measuring Stick For How Long It Ought To Take. For Each Book, It Is Different. But That Period Of Thinking, Of Reflection, Is Crucial To How Successful Your Story Will Turn Out To Be.

After All, You Put A Lot Into Creating A Universe And Everything That Goes With It, And It Seems A Shame To Use It Only Once.

Growing Up, I Didn't Have A Lot Of Toys, And Personal Entertainment Depended On Individual Ingenuity And Imagination - Think Up A Story And Go Live It For An Afternoon.

For A Writer, Its Very Attractive To Stay In One World For A Time.