Use description of landscape to help you establish the emotional tone of the scene. Keep notes of how other authors establish mood and foreshadow events by describing the world around the character. Janet Fitch authorcharacterdescribe Change image and share on social
I started writing when I was 21. I was going to become an historian. And then I realized there was more to the world than just the past. I didn't want to spend my life in the library. Janet Fitch historianlibrarylife Change image and share on social
When you're a little kid, you are small, your life is small - and you're terrifically aware of that. But when you read, you can ride Arabian horses across the desert, you can be a dogsledder. Janet Fitch arabianawaredesert Change image and share on social
Crime novelists do really well with Los Angeles. Janet Fitch angelescrimelos Change image and share on social
A novelist can get by on story, but the poet has nothing but the words. Janet Fitch novelistpoetstory Change image and share on social
A cliche is like a coin that has been handled too much. Once language has been overly handled, it no longer leaves a clear imprint. Janet Fitch clearclichecoin Change image and share on social
Nineteen is as alive as 40-plus. I can vividly remember 19 and how I saw the world. Janet Fitch alivenineteenremember Change image and share on social
Many women get involved with a man that you pretty much know isn't suitable and you're kind of breaking your rules, but he's attractive in some unknown way. And then he doesn't even realize what a sacrifice you're making by being with him and he dumps you! Janet Fitch attractivebreakdump share on social
I never know how a novel is going to end, because you don't really know what's going to be at the bottom of a novel until you excavate it. Janet Fitch bottomendexcavate Change image and share on social
We don't have a unitary society anymore, you know; it's very fragmented. I look up and down my block in Silverlake and there is a different universe in every house. Janet Fitch anymoreblockfragment Change image and share on social
