Sol Stein Quotes

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Thou shalt infect thy reader with anxiety, stress, and tension, for these conditions that he deplores in life he relishes in fiction.

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

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Dialogue, contrary to popular view, is not a recording of actual speech; it is a semblance of speech, an invented language of exchanges that build in tempo or content toward climaxes.

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In our not-yet-acknowledged secret garden lie the seeds of some of our best not-yet-written stories

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Our instinct as human beings is to provide answers, to ease tension. As writers our job is the opposite, to create tension and not dispel it immediately.

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

Sol Stein

Sol Stein

Sol Stein

Born: October 13, 1926

Died: September 19, 2019 (aged 92)

Bio: Sol Stein was the author of 13 books and was Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Stein and Day Publishers for 27 years.

Known for:

Stein on writing (1995)
How to grow a novel (1999)
The Magician (1971)
Solutions for Writers (1998)
The Touch of Treason (1985)

Sol Stein on Wikipedia

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