Esther Freud Quotes

• Editing is everything. Cut until you can cut no more.

  Esther Freud

  Cutting, Editing

  " Ten rules for writing fiction" by Elmore Leonard, Diana Athill, Margaret Atwood, Roddy Doyle, Helen Dunmore, Geoff Dyer, Anne Enright, Richard Ford, Jonathan Franzen, Esther Freud, Neil Gaiman, David Hare, PD James, AL Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

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• A story needs rhythm. Read it aloud to yourself. If it doesn't spin a bit of magic, it's missing something.

  Esther Freud

  Writing, Missing, Magic

  "Ten rules for writing fiction" by Esther Freud, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

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• Trust your reader. Not everything needs to be explained. If you really know something, and breathe life into it, they'll know it too.

  Esther Freud

  Needs, Breathe, Reader

  "Ten rules for writing fiction" by Elmore Leonard, Diana Athill, Margaret Atwood, Roddy Doyle, Helen Dunmore, Geoff Dyer, Anne Enright, Richard Ford, Jonathan Franzen, Esther Freud, Neil Gaiman, David Hare, PD James, AL Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

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• Find your best time of the day for writing and write. Don't let anything else interfere. Afterwards it won't matter to you that the kitchen is a mess.

  Esther Freud

  Writing, Kitchen, Matter

  "Ten rules for writing fiction" by Esther Freud, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

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• A wonderful book . . . Full of sadness, hope, and ultimately love. I found it very moving.

  Esther Freud

  Moving, Book, Sadness

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• Believe in the reader and they can connect the dots, if you succeed breathe life into the story

  Esther Freud

  Believe, Stories, Succeed

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