Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Will Shetterly

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American writer Will Shetterly.

Last updated on September 19, 2024.

Will Shetterly is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction best known for his novel Dogland (1997). The novel is inspired by his childhood at the tourist attraction Dog Land owned by his parents. He won the Minnesota Book Award for Fantasy & Science Fiction for his novel Elsewhere (1991), and was a finalist with Nevernever (1993); both books are set in Terri Windling's The Borderland Series shared universe. He has also written short stories for various Borderland anthologies.

American - Writer | Born: 1955

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In fantasy, impossible things exist. In science fiction, impossible things exist and can be understood by humans. In supernatural horror, impossible things exist and cannot live in peace with humans.

Will Shetterly

The great thing about revision is that it's your opportunity to fake being brilliant.

Will Shetterly

It's always good to hear that people you like are happy.

Will Shetterly

Moving around is good for creativity: the next line of dialogue that you desperately need may well be waiting in the back of the refrigerator or half a mile along your favorite walk.

Will Shetterly

Unless you're writing for a humorous effect, elves or space aliens and all creatures who aren't human should at least be as strange as, oh, the French.

Will Shetterly

It is better to write a bad first draft than to write no first draft at all.

Will Shetterly

Politics is a dirty business, but if you do not do politics, politics will be done to you.

Will Shetterly

There are no rules in writing. There are useful principles. Throw them away when they're not useful. But always know what you're throwing away.

Will Shetterly