Darynda Jones
"If it weren’t for physics and law enforcement, I’d be unstoppable."
37 Quotes
"If it weren’t for physics and law enforcement, I’d be unstoppable."
"لولا نواميس الكون وقوانين البشر، لكنتُ لا أُقهر."
Darynda Jones
Fifth Grave Past the Light
"Sorry. i just can't seem to help myself. My brain is freaking out. Two predawn mornings in a row. It doesn't know what to think, how to act. I'll have a talk with it later. Perhaps get it some counseling."
"عذرًا، لا أستطيع السيطرة على نفسي. عقلي في حالة فزعٍ تام. فجران متتاليان، وهو لا يدري ما يفكر، ولا كيف يتصرف. سأتحدث إليه لاحقًا، ربما أحصل له على بعض الاستشارات."
Darynda Jones
Second Grave on the Left
"Have you slept yet''Sure. I took a power nap on the way over.''Didn't you drive there''Yeah. Other drviers kept waking me up. Car horns should be illegal.'- Charley & Cookie"
"أَنِمْتَ بَعْدُ؟
"بالتأكيد. أخذتُ قيلولةً سريعةً في طريقي إلى هنا."
ألم تكن تقود السيارة؟
"بلى. لكن السائقين الآخرين ظلوا يوقظونني. أبواق السيارات يجب أن تُمنع."
Darynda Jones
Third Grave Dead Ahead
"At first, I could lie about my lack of sleep and she'd fall for it, but she started suspecting insomnia when I began seeing purple elephants in the air vents at the office. I knew I shouldn't have asked her about them. I thought maybe she'd redecorated."
"في البداية، كنت أستطيع أن أكذب بشأن قلة نومي فتصدقني. غير أنها بدأت تشك في إصابتي بالأرق عندما بدأت أرى فيلة أرجوانية في فتحات التهوية بالمكتب. أدركت حينها أنه ما كان ينبغي لي أن أسألها عنها، فقد كنت أظن أنها ربما أعادت تزيين المكان."
Darynda Jones
Third Grave Dead Ahead
"My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me."
"غايتي في الحياة أن يُخلّد اسمي باضطراب نفسي."
Darynda Jones
Fifth Grave Past the Light
"Never knock on death's door. Ring the doorbell then run. He totally hates that. - T-shirt"
"لا تطرق باب الموت قط. بل اقرع ج"
Darynda Jones
First Grave on the Right
"No writing is effortless. I’m not saying you can’t have a good day where the words just kind of flow, but even those words have to be edited. Probably more than once. And I’m not saying a character hasn’t somehow gone in a different direction that I wanted her to go, but that was me, not her. I let her get away from me. I let her roam free and nine times out of ten, the result is not good. I have to go back and start over because she veered off the path of my book. She changed the vision. And I did that. Not her."
"ليس ثمة كتابة بلا جهد. لا أزعم أنك لا تستطيع أن تحظى بيوم موفق تتدفق فيه الكلمات بسلاسة، لكن حتى تلك الكلمات تحتاج إلى تنقيح، وربما أكثر من مرة. ولا أقول إن شخصية ما لم تنحرف أحيانًا عن المسار الذي أردته لها، لكن ذلك كان مني أنا، لا منها. أنا من سمحت لها بالابتعاد عني. أنا من أطلقت لها العنان، وفي تسع من كل عشر مرات، لا تكون النتيجة جيدة. أضطر للعودة والبدء من جديد لأنها حادت عن مسار كتابي. لقد غيرت الرؤية. وأنا من فعلت ذلك. لا هي."
Darynda Jones
"Bye-bye. Nice knowing you. But if you are waiting for that perfect idea to strike like lightning during a dust storm (I live in New Mexico), you could be waiting a long time. Ideas are everywhere. EVERYWHERE. I can’t walk to the bathroom without being hit with another idea. It’s what you DO with that idea that matters. Here is your mantra: BICHOK, BICHOK, BICHOKTranslation: Butt in chair, hands on keys. Just write. Every stinking day."
"وداعًا، سررت بمعرفتك. ولكن إن كنت تنتظر الفكرة المثالية لتضرب كالصاعقة في عاصفة ترابية (أنا أعيش في نيو مكسيكو)، فقد تنتظر طويلًا. الأفكار في كل مكان. في كل مكان! لا أستطيع الذهاب إلى الحمام دون أن تباغتني فكرة أخرى. ما يهم هو ما تفعله بتلك الفكرة. إليك شعارك: اجلس، اكتب. اكتب وحسب. كل يوم لعين."
Darynda Jones
"I was never really certain why he scared the bejesus out of me. Nothing scared me growing up. I’ve been playing with dead people since the day I was born, so it’s good thing, yet the Big Bad scared me. Which brings me to the reason I called. Which was to give me nightmares for the rest of my life? Oh, no, that’s just a plus. Why was I so scared of him? Hon, for one thing he was this powerful, massive, black smokelike being. So, you’re saying I’m a racist?"
Darynda Jones
Third Grave Dead Ahead
"You take a universal concept, something that has been done a million times (because everything has been done a million times), and add a fresh twist to it. Something no one saw coming. But mostly fresh writing! Keep it clean, simple, and compelling."
Darynda Jones
"The key to high concept is that fresh twist. Make it a big one. Wow your reader. Force her to gasp when she comes to that part in your story."
Darynda Jones
"If you can master the opening, you will be leaps and bounds ahead of the competition."
Darynda Jones
"Step back and scrutinize your work, to delve deep into the meaning behind the words, it will get both easier in some ways and harder in others. Either way, you need to practice everyday. You will probably get faster with time, because you learn to do this instinctively, and the writing may flow better on some days more than others, but it doesn’t get easier. And if you aren’t writing everyday, you are doing yourself and your craft a disservice. Writing is a habit. Get into the habit."
Darynda Jones
"While the goal of a book is to create a positive emotional experience for the reader, the goal of the opening is to set the stage, to pull the reader in."
Darynda Jones
"We don’t read to observe the character from a distance. We read to become the character and experience the conflicts and rewards they are experiencing."
Darynda Jones
"Don't let writers block push you around. Figure out what the problem is,whether it's with the ms or it's in your personal life, and face it head on. Don't stop writing. Just try really hard to work through it."
Darynda Jones
"There is a light at the end of the tunnel. A finished manuscript is AWESOME! So go, go, go! *waves pompoms*"
Darynda Jones
"I learn from everything I do, right and wrong. I think it helps me grow as a writer and a person."
Darynda Jones
"ALWAYS hook a reader. If a detail is unnecessary, it doesn't belong in your work, long or short! Make everything intriguing. If you have to describe a desk, make it awesome."
Darynda Jones
"I made a decision long ago not to make any apologies. Romance rocks, and even though my books don't actually fall into the romance genre, I tout them as very much being about the romance. It's fun. We're all obsessed with it. And it's human nature. Remember, NO APOLOGIES! Write what 's in your heart!"
Darynda Jones
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