Create a world in which these things do or do not exist, or in which they are extended in some way. Test reality against this fiction. The reader will recognize the world that you're talking about, even though it may…

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I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.

I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.

Ninety percent of everything is crap.

Ninety percent of everything is crap.

You don't sit up in a cave and write the Great American Novel and know...

You don't sit up in a cave and write the Great American Novel and know...

I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point...

I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point...

It should consist of short, sharply focused sentences, each of which is a whole scene...

It should consist of short, sharply focused sentences, each of which is a whole scene...

I find to my mixed astonishment that I do dream, but I didn't know it.

I find to my mixed astonishment that I do dream, but I didn't know it.

Here's the point to be made - there are no synonyms. There are no two...

Here's the point to be made - there are no synonyms. There are no two...

I wrote the very first stories in science fiction which dealt with homosexuality, The World...

I wrote the very first stories in science fiction which dealt with homosexuality, The World...

Writing is a communication.

Writing is a communication.

The movers and shakers have always been obsessive nuts.

The movers and shakers have always been obsessive nuts.

The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which...

The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which...

My wife is beginning to instruct me on means to retrieve dreams, and bit by...

My wife is beginning to instruct me on means to retrieve dreams, and bit by...

For years, I thought I simply didn't dream. I felt left out. Everybody else had...

For years, I thought I simply didn't dream. I felt left out. Everybody else had...

The story of my very first sale is the fact that I dreamed up a...

The story of my very first sale is the fact that I dreamed up a...

Fiction is very important to me. It's what I do, it's what I do with...

Fiction is very important to me. It's what I do, it's what I do with...

Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is...

Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is...

Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage...

Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage...

There are people who have tremendously important things to say, but they say it so...

There are people who have tremendously important things to say, but they say it so...

I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is.

I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is.

Basically, fiction is people. You can't write fiction about ideas.

Basically, fiction is people. You can't write fiction about ideas.