Zitat des Tages von Nicholas Sparks:
Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.
Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else.
A typical agent in New York gets 400 query letters a month. Of those, they might ask to read 3-4 manuscripts, and of those, they might ask to represent 1.
Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever.
Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories.
Loving once and only once is possible - anything is possible.
I think that enduring, committed love between a married couple, along with raising children, is the most noble act anyone can aspire to. It is not written about very much.
I think that men know how to romance a woman and most do it well, at least for a time, otherwise women wouldn't marry them. The problem is that most of them begin to rest on their laurels.
What's the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I'm more than happy writing what I do and have no plans to change that.
I would be rejected if I submitted any of my novels as romance novels.
I have certain moral parameters that I do not cross in writing; I don't write about adultery or kids having premarital sex.
Rekindled love is generally short-term.
All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.
I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught me something.
Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It's that important, so don't mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write.
I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.
Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.
I suppose I'm most influenced by any good, commercial writer. I learn from everyone.
I have a great wife and it's very easy to be romantic because it makes her happy and then my life is so much better when she's happy.
Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind.
I do not use profanity in my novels. My characters all go to church.
I suppose more than anything, it's the way of life in this part of the country that influences my writing. In Eastern North Carolina, with the exception of Wilmington, most people live in small towns.
I'm writing a new love story, set in eastern North Carolina. Surprise, surprise, huh?
I think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers.
In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by writing these types of stories, I have to include tragedy.
I very seldom, very seldom, even know what my characters look like.
I don't write romance novels.
If you look for me, I'm in the fiction section. Romance has its own section.
I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours.
By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the mechanics of writing, so to speak - and which genres and authors excel in various areas.
There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful.
The first thing I did when I sold my book was buy a new wedding ring for my wife and asked her to marry me all over again.
Spreading the news is your duty as a Christian, and there are many ways to do this.