When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes draft outline paper
'Undertones of War' by Edmund Blunden seems to get less attention than the memoirs of Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, but it is a great book. Pat Barker attentionblundenbook Change image and share on social
That balance between involvement and detachment is what novelists do. It's the ideal relationship between a novelist and a character, I think, total involvement and identity and empathy, stopping short of being autobiographical - in my case, anyway - but also quite detached. Pat Barker autobiographicalbalancecase share on social
Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars. Pat Barker culturallystandwar Change image and share on social
I'm always writing lyrics. I have so many lyrics on so many stray pieces of paper. Everywhere. Abbie Cornish lyricpaperpiece Change image and share on social
It's funny because you know the novel process: you get the drafts, you get the galley, and then you get the galley proofs. You have opportunities to change things all along. But the further along in the process you go, the more careful you have to be in making those changes, and the smaller the changes have to be. Greg Rucka carefulchangedraft share on social
It's not that I ever sat down and outlined a trilogy, but I always have a sense of what size an idea is when I start it. Veronica Roth ideaoutlinesense Change image and share on social