1. know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it.”
2. “Every time I hear writer talk about the “muse,” I just want to bitch smack them. It’s a job. Do your job.”
3. “Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from characters.”
4. “The most important thing in writing is to have written. I can always fix a bad page. I can’t fix a blank one.”
5. “A writer never finds the time to write. A writer makes it. If you don’t have the drive, the discipline, and the desire, then you can have all the talent in the world, and you aren’t going to finish a book.”
6. “And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking.”
7. “Good fiction creates its own reality.”
8. “If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.”
9. “A writer must understand, appreciate, and enjoy whatever genre he or she is trying to write in. It’s a mistake, a really big mistake, to believe that you can write what you wouldn’t read for pleasure.”
10. “I do not feel obliged in my reading. I read to be entertained and to relax, and to go into another world, not because it's good for me.”
Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts was born October 10th, 1950, Silver Spring, Maryland. She is an American novelist best known for her works in the romance genre. She was the first author to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of fame. She wrote her first book while snowed in from a blizzard and ever since she has written over 225 novels. She has written under pseudonyms J.D. Robb, Jill march, and Sarah Hardesty. Nine of her books have been made into film, and writes four or more manuscripts per year. She has fans across the world and a net worth of $370 and has sold 400 million copies world wide.
“Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.” ~ Nora Roberts
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