1. “I grab some cereal and sit down to work as soon as possible. The more distractions I have to deal with before I actually begin writing, the harder focusing on the story becomes. Then I work until I’m tapped out, usually sometime in the early afternoon."
2. “Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times."
3. “A lot of people tell writers to write about what they know. And that's good advice, because it gives you a lot of things to draw on. But I always like to add that they should write about things that they love. And by that I mean things that fascinate or excite them personally."
4. “I think the nature of the story dictates the age of the audience from the beginning."
5. “Defining an audience helps you write in a way that involves the readers you are writing for. There is a distinct difference in style, narration and vocabulary while writing for adults compared to writing for children.”
6. “If you had hope, maybe you could find a way to make things change, because if you thought about it, there were so many reasons to try.”
7. “So you have to work very hard to, first of all, decide what you believe to be a true and a fair representation of something. And then to form an opinion about it, and then possibly to take action on it.”
8. “It's amazing to see things that are suggested in the book fully developed and so brilliantly realized through the artistry of the designers.”
9. “"All the writing elements are the same. You need to tell a good story... You've got good characters...”
10. “If I actually write three to five hours, that’s a productive day. Some days all I do is stare at the wall. That can be productive, too, if you’re working out character and plot problems. The rest of the time, I walk around with the story slipping in and out of my thoughts.”
Susan Collins
Susan Collins was born August 10th, 1962, Hartford, CT. Collins is an American author and television writer. She is a New York Times best-selling Author, best known for The Hunger Games Trilogy. The Hunger Games Trilogy is an international bestseller and has spent six years in the New York Times best-selling list. The Hunger Games movie is the 14th highest-grossing North American release of all time, and broke several records, generating $700 million worldwide. Susan Collins was named on the Time magazine 100 list in 2010. Her books have sold 100 million copies world wide, and has an estimated net worth of $80 million.
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