Quotes by Writing I write almost entlirely on Macs, because: Windows gives me hives. Charles Stross writinggivingwindow There's a long-standing (50 year old) flame war within the field over whether it's "sci-fi" or "SF".SF has traditionally been looked down on by the literary establishment because, to be honest, much early SF was execrably badly written - but these days the significance of the pigeon hole is fading; we have serious mainstream authors writing stuff that is I-can't-believe-it's-not-SF, and SF authors breaking into the mainstream. If you view them as tags that point to shelves in bricks-and-mortar bookshops, how long are these genre categories going to survive in the age of the internet? Charles Stross writingwarbelieve Most established novelists are writing books informed by experiences gained in their youth. Middle age is not the best time to be changing smartphones every six months or adopting new technology platforms - because we tend to get slower and less accommodating to change as we age. Charles Stross technologywritingbook I write exclusively using computers. Pens and typewriters can fsck right off - I wrote my first half million words in my teens on a manual typewriter (had to trade it for a new one due to keys snapping from metal fatigue) so I am not a pen or typewriter fetishist. Charles Stross typewriterskeyswriting I have time to write 1-2 novels per year, and get roughly novel-sized ideas every month. I have to perform triage on my own writing impulses. Charles Stross writingyearsideas It's usually quite easy to shrug and write something else instead. Charles Stross easywriting The one thing that does happen, every time, though, is that I never get to write a book until I've already been thinking about it for a period of months to years. Charles Stross writingbookthinking No two books come out the same way. Some I write by the seat of my pants; others are planned in minute detail. Charles Stross writingtwobook Speech recognition is utterly crap for writing fiction. If you try reading a novel aloud you'll soon figure out why - written prose style is utterly unlike the spoken word. Charles Stross stylereadingwriting If I write too much of anything for too long, I burn out on it. So it helps to vary my output from year to year. Charles Stross writinglongyears I reckon I can count on 30 more writing years, averaging a book a year (I can't keep up the 2-2.5 a year I used to do these days). And these days I've gotten round to wondering, for each new idea, "do I want to be remembered for this?" before I get to the point of spending a year on it. Charles Stross writingbookideas Publishing is the final step in making a book; if I was afraid to publish one, I wouldn't write it in the first place. Charles Stross finalswritingbook Writing your own story around the same ideas is not plagiarism; at worst, it's being unoriginal. Charles Stross storieswritingideas If I wanted to be in movies, I'd have gone into scriptwriting: the fact that I write novels should be a big hint about what I prefer to do! Charles Stross hintsgonewriting While writing a novel I almost completely stop reading books in the same sub-genre for the duration. Charles Stross readingwritingbook I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things didn't work out that way. Charles Van Doren afterlifeteachingwriting I think I must write a book. It has been my cherished dream and I feel an influence that I cannot resist calling me to the task. Charles W. Chesnutt dreamwritingbook Just tell the truth, and they'll accuse you of writing black humor. Charles Willeford blacktelling-the-truthwriting His Majesty the King requires that the Royal Chancellery in all written documents endeavor to write in clear, plain Swedish. Charles XII of Sweden majestykingswriting I am transcribing a book that I have, in a sense, not yet written, and in another sense, have always written, and in another sense, am currently writing, and in another sense, am always writing, and in another sense, will never write. Charles Yu transcribingwritingbook«222223224225226227228229230231232»
