Ein Entlastungspodcast für Autor*innen.
"Avoid your weaknesses. But do this without telling yourself that the things you can't do aren't worth doing. Don't mask self-doubt with contempt."
Zadie Smith
“Ich schreibe nie über etwas anderes als über eigene Erfahrungen. Alle meine Personen sind Teile von mir, sozusagen abgespaltene Persönlichkeiten, die ich recht gut kenne. Kommt einmal eine mir ...
In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it.
Rose Tremain
This is the value for me of writing books that children read. Children aren’t interested in your appalling self-consciousness. They want to know what happens next. They force you to tell a story...
Every book is an argument with myself.
Patricia Highsmith
Usually, I have a lot of acquaintance with the story before I start writing it. When I didn’t have regular time to give to writing, stories would just be working in my head for so long that when...
Finish the day's writing when you still want to continue.
Helen Dunmore
Lass Dich, nur weil Du nicht so feste Arbeitszeiten wie ein Büroangestellter hast, niemals von anderen Leuten um Deine (tägliche) Arbeitszeit bringen oder unterbrechen, wenn nicht unbedingt nöti...
Don't romanticise your "vocation". You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no "writer's lifestyle". All that matters is what you leave on the page.
Zadie Smith
"Run your own race. Don't worry about how fast someone else writes, how much another author makes, how many followers another author has. Write what makes you excited, and the enthusiasm will co...