S41E7 – Writing Emotions: Guilty and Apologetic
“You still blush too easily when confronted,” Jasnah noted.
“I’m sorry.”
“And apologize too easily as well.”
“I’m… uh, indignant?”
– The Stormlight Archive
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S41E6 – Writing Emotions: Smugness
I’m being extremely clever up here, and there’s no one to stand around looking impressed. What’s the point in having you all? – Doctor Who
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S41E4 – Writing Emotions: Physical Pain
Westley: To the pain means the first thing you will lose will be your feet below the ankles. Then your hands at the wrists. Next your nose.
Prince Humperdinck: And then my tongue I suppose, I killed you too quickly the last time. A mistake I don’t mean to duplicate tonight.
Westley: I wasn’t finished. The next thing you will lose will be your left eye followed by your right.
Prince Humperdinck: And then my ears, I understand let’s get on with it.
Westley: WRONG. Your ears you keep and I’ll tell you why. So that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish. Every babe that weeps at your approach, every woman who cries out, “Dear God! What is that thing,” will echo in your perfect ears. That is what “to the pain means.” It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery forever. – The Princess Bride
S41E2 – Writing Emotions: Courage
Peter did not feel very brave; indeed, he felt he was going to be sick. But that made no difference to what he had to do. – C.S. Lewis; The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
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S41E1 – Writing Emotions: Reverence
The wealth of this world isn’t in the ground, it’s all around us. The Na’vi know that and they are fighting to defend it. If you want to share this world with them, you need to understand them. – Avatar
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S40 Bonus – Crafting a Book Blurb with Jessie of Book Blurb Magic
Question any thinking person as to why he ‘never reads novels’, and you will usually find that, at bottom, it is because of the disgusting tripe that is written by the blurb-reviewers. – George Orwell
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S40E7 – The Pre-Launch Mindset
There’s a lot more to publishing a book than writing it and slapping a cover on it. – Vince Flynn
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S40E5 – Writing an Author Bio
No one can discover you until you do. Exploit your talents, skills, and strengths and make the world sit up and take notice. – Rob Liano
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S40E4 – Meeting Target Word Counts
I’m always pretending that I’m sitting across from someone telling them a story and I don’t want them to get up until I’m finished. – James Patterson
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S40E3 – What Makes a Good Chapter
Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page. – Sidney Sheldon
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