29th July 2016 | for Creatives | creative process, writing, Walter Mosley |
"You may have spent only an hour and a half working on the book, but the rest of the day will be rife with motive moments in your unconsciousness—moments in your mind, which will be mulling over the places your words have touched. While you sleep, mountains are moving deep within your psyche. When you wake up and return to the book, you will be amazed by the realization that you are further along than when you left off yesterday."
"It's this funny headspace you get in, where you're acting, really. .... You literally pretend you are this person, and you go about your life as if you are this person. And so, when people will ask me, 'Did you like this character?' I don't know. Because I'm so far inside them, I can't judge them at all. You're behaving as if you are this person."
"Editorial decisions are subjective. .... Writing is an ongoing process and should never end with a rejection letter."
"What gives a story high impact is that which is most personal and passionate in its author. That includes your own fears. They are your compass. They're directing you toward what unsettles. And also to what matters."
"There is no way to write. There's only the way you find to write."
"You go for a world that interests you, and then you find something else that makes you go, Oh, that's interesting."
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