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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Quote of the Day, while creating story from mishmash

"That's what stories do. They connect the random dots of life into a picture. But it's all an illusion. Just try to connect the dots of life. You'll end up with a lunatic scribble."

Briony, in CHIME by Franny Billingsley

Particularly helpful to know others feel the same way I do about stories some days...

(I also like "I may be wicked. But I'm not bad." Same character. No relevance to my writing today. Just thought I'd share.)



And if you're interested, CHIME was just named an Honor Book in this years Horn Book Awards. Click here for the entire list.

1 comment:

Carol Baldwin said...

love both of these quotes. Going to add them to my wiki for the writing class I am teaching right now.