If you don't think there is magic in writing, you probably won't write anything magical.
Terry BrooksOn the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in mind - to put some people under severe stress and see how they hold up.
Terry BrooksThere is poetry in fiction. If you cannot see it and feel it when you write, you need to step back and examine what you are doing wrong. If you have not figured out how to write a simple declarative sentence and make it sing with that poetry, you are not yet ready to write an entire book.
Terry Brooks