A quote about writing

[colinian]

I found this quote by Flannery O'Connor and I think it's both funny and often valid:

"I find that most people know what a story is

until they sit down to write one."

Colin

[Graeme]

LOL -- very true. It's like any art form. Knowing what it is is very different to being able to create something yourself.

[Cole Parker]

I found this quote by Flannery O'Connor and I think it's both funny and often valid:

"I find that most people know what a story is

until they sit down to write one."

Colin

Ain't that the truth. Dammit.

[Nigel Gordon]

I am not sure if it was Marion Zimmer-Bradley or Anne MacCaffrey who said it, but I remember a response to a question given at Fantasy convention:

I always know exactly where my story is going to go - the problem is whenever I start to write I always find something more interesting. Maybe one day I will get down to writing the story I started off with.

[Cole Parker]

I know exactly how that feels!

C