Don Roff Quotes

• It's my belief that people enter your life at exactly the right time.

  Don Roff

  Time, People, Novelists

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• A day of bad writing is always better than a day of no writing.

  Don Roff

  Writing, Bad Writing

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• When you print out your manuscript and read it, marking up with a pen, it sometimes feels like a criminal returning to the scene of a crime.

  Don Roff

  Criminals, Sometimes, Crime

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• But people in a small town tend to do a lot of talking, even when they don’t know what they’re talking about.

  Don Roff

  Talking, People, Towns

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• A writer always writes.

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  Writing

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• The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement.

  Don Roff

  Art, Movement, Recipes

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• Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it.

  Don Roff

  Expectations, Trying, Sometimes

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• Regarding the creative: never assume you're the master, only the student. Your audience will determine if you're masterful.

  Don Roff

  Creative, Students, Assuming

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• Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.

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  Procrastination, Panic, Efficiency

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• There is no right or wrong way to write a novel. Each journey is different for every individual work and for every writer. The first error is never to begin; the second is never to finish.

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  Writing, Journey, Errors

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• If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals.

  Don Roff

  Character, People, Rewards

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• Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.

  Don Roff

  Block, Writing, Ice Cream

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• Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.

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  Writing, Surprise, Torture

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• Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity. Don’t invite either into your mind.

  Don Roff

  Fear, Creativity, Self

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• Love it when a compelling new character kicks open your mental door, tracks mud across your brain, and props their feet up on your cerebrum.

  Don Roff

  Character, Doors, Feet

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• Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and you'll never have a problem coming up with decent fiction.

  Don Roff

  Writing, Scare, Fiction

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• Writing a story, regardless of length, begins always with a single word.

  Don Roff

  Writing, Stories, Length

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• When you're writing what you love, it's the most fun you can have with your clothing still on, unless of course, you write naked.

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  Fun, Writing, Naked

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• A migraine is the cockblock of writing.

  Don Roff

  Writing, Migraine

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• You can be a writer who doesnt read everyday. But youre not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work.

  Don Roff

  Everyday, Shows

  FaceBook post by Don Roff from Aug 30, 2013

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• It’s hard to land a devastating jab/cross/hook/uppercut combo to your reader’s imagination when you’re telegraphing your punches.

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  Land, Imagination, Hook

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• Authors must spend months, years making fantasy believable in a single work while reality runs rampant and complete chaos elsewhere.

  Don Roff

  Running, Reality, Years

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• Always work with/surround yourself with people who help make you a better version of you. Kindly avoid those who don't.

  Don Roff

  People, Helping, Surround Yourself

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• Any conversation including the mention of Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, or Emily Dickinson is one worth getting into or at least eavesdropping.

  Don Roff

  Rays, Conversation, Bradbury

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• If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes nothing more than a tawdry parlor trick. All flash and no magic, and worst of all, no heart.

  Don Roff

  Character, Writing, Heart

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