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Sol Stein Quotes

In our not-yet-acknowledged secret garden lie the seeds of some of our best not-yet-written stories

In our not-yet-acknowledged secret garden lie the seeds of some of our best not-yet-written stories

Sol Stein (2014). “How to Grow a Novel: The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make and How to Overcome Them”, p.68, St. Martin's Press

The biggest difference between a writer and a would-be writer is their attitude toward rewriting. . . . Unwillingness to revise usually signals an amateur.

Sol Stein (2014). “Stein On Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies”, p.277, St. Martin's Press

Our instinct as human beings is to provide answers, to ease tension. As writers our job is the opposite, to create tension and not dispel it immediately.

Sol Stein (2014). “Stein On Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies”, p.106, St. Martin's Press

Dialogue is a lean language in which every word counts.

Sol Stein (2014). “Stein On Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies”, p.113, St. Martin's Press

A lawyer's job is to manipulate the skeletons in other people's closets.

Sol Stein (2005). “Other People”, p.168, iUniverse

A writer writes what other people only think.

Sol Stein (2014). “How to Grow a Novel: The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make and How to Overcome Them”, p.87, St. Martin's Press

A reader's emotions can be sparked with few words. That's the power of dialogue.

Sol Stein (2014). “Stein On Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies”, p.113, St. Martin's Press

Dialogue, contrary to popular view, is not a recording of actual speech; it is a semblance of speech, an invented language of exchanges that build in tempo or content toward climaxes.

Sol Stein (2014). “Stein On Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies”, p.110, St. Martin's Press