Elizabeth George Quotes About Literature

• I attempt to write a good novel. Whether it is literature or not is something that will be decided by the ages, not by me and not by a pack of critics around the globe.

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• Lots of people want to have written; they don't want to write. In other words, they want to see their name on the front cover of a book and their grinning picture on the back. But this is what comes at the end of a job, not at the beginning.

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  Elizabeth George (2011). “Write Away: One Novelist's Approach To Fiction and the Writing Life: One Novelist's Approach To Fiction and the Writing Life”, p.245, Hachette UK

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• Essentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they are in. It is a logical sequence of events that grow from an initial incident that alters the status quo of the characters.

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  Elizabeth George (2011). “Write Away: One Novelist's Approach To Fiction and the Writing Life: One Novelist's Approach To Fiction and the Writing Life”, p.46, Hachette UK

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• I find it both fascinating and disconcerting when I discover yet another person who believes that writing can't be taught. Frankly, I don't understand this point of view

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  Elizabeth George (2009). “Write Away: One Writer's Approach to the Novel”, p.9, Harper Collins

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• Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.

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  Elizabeth George (2009). “Write Away: One Writer's Approach to the Novel”, p.10, Harper Collins

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