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I do labor - it's part of the process. Writing is no easier today than it was in the beginning: writing well is very hard to do. Always.

I do labor - it's part of the process. Writing is no easier today than it was in the beginning: writing well is very hard to do. Always.

Nicholas Sparks
Writing, Today, Easier
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I have some art, but I am a hobbyist. I would not consider myself an expert but in the course of writing this novel I became very familiar with the various movements in American Modern Art from 1900 onwards.

Nicholas Sparks
Art, Writing, Movement
"Book Talk - Nicholas Sparks on telling stories through text, film". Interview with Billy Cheung, www.reuters.com. October 10, 2013.

It's easy to write something average or even something good. But writing well is quite challenging.

Nicholas Sparks
Writing, Average, Challenges
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When I am in the process of conceiving a story, I make sure it can be told with words and pictures. The story has to be creative, original and interesting in both areas. Many stories get rejected because they feel derivative.

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Interesting, Creative, Derivatives
"Book Talk - Nicholas Sparks on Telling Stories Through Text, Film". www.reuters.com. October 10, 2013.

I've done a number of films. I've been around this. I think the biggest challenge is just getting the script right, the way that you want the script to be. It's really about capturing the complexity of emotions and creating the kind of characters that people will want to watch every week.

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Character, Thinking, Creating
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I consider myself foremost a novelist with the intent of crafting stories that people will remember.

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People, Novelists, Stories
"Book Talk - Nicholas Sparks on Telling Stories Through Text, Film". October 10, 2013.

I write 3-4 days a week, 4-5 hours at a time (with lots of breaks). My goal is 2000 words when I sit down to write and usually, I hit that, though it can take anywhere from 3-7 hours to get there. I usually know the basics of where the story is going, but the specifics just sort of come to me as I write.

Nicholas Sparks
Writing, Goal, Stories
"Nicholas Sparks, Author of "Nights in Rodanthe" and "The Notebook"". Live Chat, www.washingtonpost.com. September 17, 2008.

I met my wife on Spring break when I was in college. I was at the University of Notre Dame. She was at the University of New Hampshire. I bumped into her in Florida and told her the next day that I was going to marry her and 20 or something years later here we are.

Nicholas Sparks
Spring, College, Next Day
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Really good original ideas are very hard to come up with. Good ideas - easy. Really good, original ideas - it can take months.

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Ideas, Months, Easy
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If I knew where creativity came from, I'd probably be a lot less stressed about coming up with new stories.

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Creativity, Stressed, Stories
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Working on a novel is very solitary and I get to be the boss. I'm the dictator, so I win every battle. So, in that sense, novels are easier because you don't have to answer to anyone. And then, you go into something like film and there are more cooks in the kitchen, so to speak.

Nicholas Sparks
Winning, Boss, Kitchen
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In the end, you really want to make the best film that you can, and in the reality of the filmmaking world, you have things like budgets.

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Reality, World, Want
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I tend to be pretty efficient with my time. I work on a novel for four to five hours a day, and then the rest of my day is spent doing other things, whether it's spending time with my family, or going through and making notes on the script, or working on the marketing. It's just a matter of scheduling.

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Marketing, Four, Matter
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The general rule is that my life is focused on the present, and very little on the past. If anything, I'm a little bit more focused toward the future.

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Past, Littles, Life Is
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You have to find actors who have the ability to display a wide range of emotion effectively. That's so much harder than it seems.

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Actors, Emotion, Range
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I generally don't involve myself in giving the actors some tips on acting. At the same time, I don't do that with the director.

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Giving, Acting, Directors
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There is a fine line I have to walk throughout the writing process in a novel. It is this line between drama and melodrama, and it is this line between evoking genuine emotional power and being manipulative.

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Drama, Writing, Emotional
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Books and movies inspire me, but I do my best to keep my stories as original as possible.

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Book, Inspire, Stories
"Nicholas Sparks, Author of 'Nights in Rodanthe' and 'The Notebook'". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. September 17, 2008.

Most characters are composed of snippets here and there of people I've known, and all rolled into the character I've created. They do become like their own people.

Nicholas Sparks
Character, People, Here And There
"Nicholas Sparks, Author of 'Nights in Rodanthe' and 'The Notebook'". Live Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. September 17, 2008.

If I tried to write long-hand, I suppose I'd never finish a novel. I edit too much as I write - the paper would be "white-out" and sharpie marks. Writing with a computer works for me, so I stick with it.

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Writing, Hands, White
"Nicholas Sparks, Author of 'Nights in Rodanthe' and 'The Notebook'". Live Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. September 17, 2008.

Usually, I start thinking about my next novel soon after completing the latest, and it can take anywhere from a month to 6 months to come up with a story.

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Thinking, Stories, Next
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As for another profession ... I suppose I'd manage a global-macro hedge fund. I love that kind of stuff. Weird, I know, but I find it fascinating.

Nicholas Sparks
Stuff, Kind, Macro
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Inspiration can come from anywhere - an image, a comment, something that's happened to me or someone I know. It's hard to know exactly.

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Inspiration, Comment, Happened
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Believe it or not, I don't collaborate with women, though my agent and editor are both females. For the most part, they do little editing on my characters.

Nicholas Sparks
Believe, Character, Editing
"Nicholas Sparks, Author of 'Nights in Rodanthe' and 'The Notebook'". Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. September 17, 2008.

I'm a novelist at heart. How's that? And that's how I make my living, is I write novels.

Nicholas Sparks
Writing, Heart, Novelists
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