Laini Taylor quotes

It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to worry about, is really finishing it. (Laini Taylor)

The main thing I've learned is that we all have to learn to work with - and appreciate - the brain we've been given, and not waste time wishing things were easier.

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Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.

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I think with world building, it's important to create a sense of culture even if it is just a fantasy, and the best way to do that is to look at a real human culture and see what makes it cohesive.

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Have you ever asked yourself, do monsters make war, or does war make monsters?

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Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love. It did not end well.

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The biggest challenge for me has been in coping with my perfectionism. I have a stiflingly hard time moving forward in a project if it's not 'just right' all along the way. The trap I so easily fall into is rewriting and rewriting the same scenes over and over to make them perfect, instead of continuing on into the wild unknown of the story.

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Dialogue is the place that books are most alive and forge the most direct connection with readers. It is also where we as writers discover our characters and allow them to become real.

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During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.

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I started blogging in 2006 when I had sold my first novel but it had not yet been published, in those anxious months in between while I learned the whole process.

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When I turned to writing fantasy, and writing for young people, it was joyous. It was like discovering an underground lake of ideas that went on forever. (Laini Taylor)

The sooner you learn to finish things, and as a matter of course finish your creative endeavors, the better. It took me a long time to learn that.

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Peace is more than the absence of war. Peace is accord. Harmony.

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When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel.

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I've always been a reader and a writer.

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As long as you're alive, there's always a chance things will get better.

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Like mold on books, grow myths on history.

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How much does your life have to suck to want the Apocalypse?

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Love makes a person do strange things.

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Occupation: American Author
Born: December 11, 1971
Quotes count: 19

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