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Sol Stein quotes: Say it new or say it straight.

Say it new or say it straight.

Sol Stein quotes: The function of suspense is to put the reader in danger of an overfull bladder.

The function of suspense is to put the reader in danger of an overfull bladder.

Sol Stein quotes: Be sure you don't stop the story while describing. You are a storyteller, not an interior decorator.

Be sure you don't stop the story while describing. You are a storyteller, not an interior decorator.

Sol Stein quotes: Readers, transformed by film and TV, are used to seeing stories. The reading experience ... is increasingly visual.

Readers, transformed by film and TV, are used to seeing stories. The reading experience ... is increasingly visual.

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 quotes: Parents begin by loving their children; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.

Parents begin by loving their children; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.

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

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

Sol Stein quotes: Tension produces instantaneous anxiety, and the reader finds it delicious.

Tension produces instantaneous anxiety, and the reader finds it delicious.

Sol Stein quotes: Most of the time, tough, combative, adversarial dialogue is much more exciting than physical action.

Most of the time, tough, combative, adversarial dialogue is much more exciting than physical action.

Sol Stein quotes: A lawyer's job is to manipulate the skeletons in other people's closets.

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

Sol Stein quotes: A writer writes what other people only think.

A writer writes what other people only think.

Sol Stein quotes: A writer who always has his characters "walk" is missing opportunities.

A writer who always has his characters "walk" is missing opportunities.

Sol Stein quotes: There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.

There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.

Sol Stein quotes: Dialogue is a lean language in which every word counts.

Dialogue is a lean language in which every word counts.

Sol Stein quotes: It can be said that one slip of point of view by a writer can hurt a story badly, and several slips can be fatal.' Stein on Writing

It can be said that one slip of point of view by a writer can hurt a story badly, and several slips can be fatal.' Stein on Writing

Sol Stein quotes: You can never know enough about your characters.

You can never know enough about your characters.

Sol Stein quotes: The expert magician seeks to deceive the mind, rather than the eye.

The expert magician seeks to deceive the mind, rather than the eye.

Sol Stein quotes: To create tension, dialogue needs to be stretched out. That is, characters should not be immediately responsive.

To create tension, dialogue needs to be stretched out. That is, characters should not be immediately responsive.