It's easy to write something average or even something good. But writing well is quite challenging.
Nicholas SparksI'm not perfect, either. In the end, it's only God's judgement that matters, and I've learned enough to know that no one can presume to know the will of God.
Nicholas SparksGossip is one thing, hurtful gossip is completely another, and even in high school we weren't THAT mean.
Nicholas SparksWhat's your heart telling you to do? I don't know.' Maybe, you're trying too hard to hear it.
Nicholas SparksThat's a way to increase the realism to the reader, if you want to get technical - you leave it [character] vague and you let the reader fill in the blanks with their imagination.
Nicholas SparksBut even though she was attractive, there was something else about her that caught his eye. She was intelligent, he could sense that right away, and confident, too, as if she were able to move through life on her own terms. To him, these were the things that really mattered. Without them, beauty was nothing.
Nicholas Sparks