I Haven't Made Up My Mind About

I Want To Kick-start Your Imagination And Let You Discover The Places It Can Take You.

I Might Add That You Change As A Person As You Grow Older, So You Change As A Writer, Too.

Lester Del Rey Told Me Repeatedly That The First And Most Important Part Of Writing Fiction Is Just To Think About The Story. Don't Write Anything Down. Don't Try To Pull Anything Together Right Away. Just Dream For A While And See What Happens. There Isn't Any Timetable Involved, No Measuring Stick For How Long It Ought To Take. For Each Book, It Is Different. But That Period Of Thinking, Of Reflection, Is Crucial To How Successful Your Story Will Turn Out To Be.

A Cat Never Discusses His Business With Humans, Not Even Princesses. A Cat Never Explains And Never Apologizes. A Cat Never Alibis. You Must Accept A Cat As It Is And For What It Is And Not Expect More Than The Pleasure Of Its Company.

You Can Get Away With Breaking All Of The Other Rules At Least Once In A While, But You Can't Get Away With Breaking This One. Readers Will Accept Almost Anything From You If You Don't Make Them Feel They Have Wasted Their Time And Money. Remember, You Can Bore Readers In A Lot Of Different Ways. It Doesn't Necessarily Take A Dearth Of Action; Too Much Action Can Get You The Same Result. Everything In Writing, Like In Life, Requires Balance.