Philip Gerard Quotes

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You will not read voice on the page; you will hear it in your head.

Philip Gerard

We create an interior 'movie' in the reader's head through words on the page.

Philip Gerard

The simplest tool of the writer is repetition.... The simplest tool of the writer is repetition.

Philip Gerard

You have to roll up your sleeves and be a stonecutter before you can become a sculptor - command of craft always precedes art: apprentice, journeyman, master.

Philip Gerard

But a writing project begins not just in doubt but also in faith-that if your passion is genuine, if you have mastered the elements of your craft, in the act of writing you will learn the rest of what you need to know in order to do justice to your subject.

Philip Gerard

The habits of craft, developed day in and day out over a working lifetime, create moments of astonishment, sublime and magical effects, precisely because the writer is not thinking overtly about making art.

Philip Gerard

Storytelling is the art of unfolding knowledge in a way that makes each piece contribute to a larger truth.

Philip Gerard

For the big stuff to work credibly, you've got to get the little stuff absolutely right.

Philip Gerard