Might have, could have, may have, should haveโthe haves and have nots reduced to pointless possibilities.
Terry BrooksThere is much to admire in Peter Brett's writing, and his concept is brilliant. There's action and suspense all the way.
Terry BrooksLester 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.
Terry Brooks