I used to think when I had children that somebody else had the rule book and they hadn't given it to me, and everybody else knew how to do it right except me. I find the same thing in writing: you think that everybody knows what they're doing and that you don't.


The Complete Guide to Writing Fiction (1990)


I used to think when I had children that somebody else had the rule book and they hadn't given it to me, and everybody else knew how to do it right...

I used to think when I had children that somebody else had the rule book and they hadn't given it to me, and everybody else knew how to do it right...

I used to think when I had children that somebody else had the rule book and they hadn't given it to me, and everybody else knew how to do it right...

I used to think when I had children that somebody else had the rule book and they hadn't given it to me, and everybody else knew how to do it right...