Baty Quotes

#1. Rereading parts of your novel while writing is like doubling back at rerunning parts of a marathon midrace.

Chris Baty

#2. Failure comes into every life...Just make sure it doesn't stay.

Bille Baty

#3. Today's tangents will become tomorrow's arcs, and unforeseen connections will tie up your loose ends in a way that will make you want to slap your head and holler at your accidental brilliance.

Chris Baty

#4. Don't be offended if you encounter some good-natured ribbing; the idea of
writing a novel in a month deserves to be laughed at.

Chris Baty

#5. There's a book in you that only you can write.

Chris Baty

#6. A deadline is, simply put, optimism in its most kick-ass form. It's a potent force that, when wielded with respect, will level any obstacle in its path. This is especially true when it comes to creative pursuits.

Chris Baty

#7. I interrupted whatever you were doing?"
"Indeed you did."
"Son, if you stopped to answer the phone, then you weren't doing whatever well enough and you need to get back to her and do it better. Don't answer the phone next time."
Damn. I just got zinged by my mum.

Georgia Cates

#8. And in high school, people are always watching so there's always a reason to pose.

Jay Asher

#9. If you have a million things to do, adding item number 1,000,001 is not such a big deal. When, on the other hand, you have nothing to do, getting out of bed and washing yourself before 2:00 P.M. feels like too much work to even contemplate.

Chris Baty

#10. The quickest, easiest way to produce something beautiful and lasting is to risk making something horribly crappy.

Chris Baty

#11. Hope is wishing for something to come true. Faith is belief that it will come true. Believe that for every problem God gives you, He will also provide you with a solution.

Mary Kay Ash

#12. here's the thing: However attractive the idea of a writer's retreat may sound, having all day to poke around on a novel actually hampers productivity.

Chris Baty

#13. Like everyone, I was a huge fan of David Boies, and from what I knew about him, I thought he might 'get' me. So I sent him an email. I said I want to practice law but that I didn't want to stop writing and I asked if there was any way I could practice law for him.

Elizabeth Wurtzel

#14. fiction writing can be a blast when you set aside debilitating notions of perfection and just dive headlong into the creative process.

Chris Baty

#15. The biggest thing separating people from their artistic ambitions is not a lack of talent. It's the lack of a deadline. Give someone an enormous task, a supportive community, and a friendly-yet-firm due date, and miracles will happen.

Chris Baty

#16. Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees,

Elie Wiesel

#17. When your novel first peeks its head into the world, it will look pretty much like every newborn: blotchy, hairless, and utterly confused.

Chris Baty

#18. Despite what you may have learned last month, sustained writing is best accomplished as part of a balanced lifestyle, one that includes things like grocery shopping and speaking in complete sentences with your significant other. No

Chris Baty

#19. Instead, we spent our downtime prodding at lifeless characters and wondering how long a human body could subsist on a diet of ramen and Coke before liver function ceased entirely.

Chris Baty

#20. A novel rough draft is like bread dough; you need to beat the crap out of it for it to rise.

Chris Baty

#21. Just think of the acclaim! The feelings of satisfaction! The vastly increased dating opportunities!

Chris Baty

#22. The roar of adrenaline drowned out the self-critical voices that tend to make creative play such work for adults.

Chris Baty

#23. It doesn't matter the size of the dog in the fight, rather the size of the fight in the dog.

Mark Twain

#24. There's an old folk saying that goes: whenever you delete a sentence from your NaNoWriMo novel, a NaNoWriMo angel loses its wings and plummets, screaming, to the ground. Where it will likely require medical attention.

Chris Baty

#25. If you spend enough time with your characters, plot simply happens.

Chris Baty

#26. You are doing this because you are fantastic and brave and curious. And, yes, you are probably a little crazy. And this is a good thing.

Chris Baty

#27. The world is a lot more fun when you approach it with an exuberant imperfection.

Chris Baty

#28. Mason slid down beside me and Logan curled an arm around my shoulder. He drawled against my cheek, "It'll throw them off. Their visionary senses will tell them we're screwing and they'll get confused." His hand slid down towards my breast.

Tijan