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I dont have a style. I just try to write what the story demands.

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Helen Oyeyemi
British - Novelist
Born: December 10, 1984

I don't have a style. I just try to write what the story demands.

Helen Oyeyemi

My main piece of advice would be dont worry about being published - just write a really good book, but also dont be afraid to write a bad book. Give yourself permission to fail, and dont be afraid.

David Levithan

The danger that keeps me just a little frightened with every book I write, however, is that I'll overreach myself once too often and try to write a story that I'm just plain not talented or skilful enough to write. That's the dilemma every storyteller faces. It is painful to fail. But it is far sadder when a storyteller stops wanting to try.

Orson Scott Card

Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it's still about respecting the story.

Bill Sienkiewicz

Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it's still about respecting the story

Bill Sienkiewicz

With the story of your life, you dont get to write the whole book, just your character.

Olivia Munn

I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that help the storyline, or I'll write a notebook full of ideas of anecdotes or story points, and then I'll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.

Al Yankovic

I always write a draft version of the novel in which I try to develop, not the story, not the plot, but the possibilities of the plot. I write without thinking much, trying to overcome all kinds of self-criticism, without stopping, without giving any consideration to the style or structure of the novel, only putting down on paper everything that can be used as raw material, very crude material for later development in the story.

Mario Vargas Llosa

I think the reason the stories are briskly paced, when they are, is that I like story. I like stories where things happen and there are surprises and reversals, in addition to vivid characters and a memorable voice. So those are the kinds of stories I try to write. And it turns out that's pretty much the only kind of writing that works for TV. It's a medium that just devours story, demands surprises and reversals. So my sensibility is suited to TV storytelling, at least as we think of it today.

Nick Antosca

I just try to write the best story I can, a story I would love to read, and hope that readers feel the same.

Jennifer McMahon

I hardly ever think about audience. I just try to tell a story for me. I write the kind of story I would like to read.

Brent Runyon

We're telling a story. And the demands of that are different from the demands of a documentary. The audience must believe in order to keep faith in the story.

Bradley Whitford

I look at the film without any music or sound. I try to grasp the story from the screenplay. I try to write to the novel or book if there is one. I try to create music that's honest and true to my heart for the story.

Howard Shore

Whenever you write script without a director, you put in things that point toward a style in which the story will be told, a subjective style.

Dustin Lance Black

Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love. If other people try to write your story, it means they don't respect you. They consider that you're not a good artist who can write your own story, even though you were born to write your own story.

Miguel Angel Ruiz

I try to write every day until the book is done, but the exact process depends on the story and its structure. Sometimes, if the story is more linear, I write it from beginning to end.

Nicholas Sparks

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