Narrative Designer Pillows

"Too bad about old Ainsworth. Published and published, but perished all the same."

"Do you see yourself becoming a movie in five years?"

"It's a heck of a tale...and well told, but we don't publish resumes."

"I remember when the death of the hero meant the end of the sequels. Now it marks the beginning of the prequels."

Characters jumping out of a book.

"More rescue efforts, less screenplay."

Library - Political Science section - 'What to do until the spin doctor comes'

'I'm not being punished! I'm reading because I happen to enjoy reading!'

Grimm's Reality Tales.

"Dad, can we have a bedtime narrative?"

"We've done a rigorous examination of your business plan using the latest algorithms to model future profits. . . which way up would you like it?"

"What your memoir really needs is an addiction."

The writers group met every Tuesday for support and fellowship.

"He was a big man, but he moved like a cat."

'Fyodor Dostoevsky sends weeks describing Alexy Karamazov's quest for a white whale, and then discards the entire chapter."

"That was too many fresh original voices for one night."

"This is an excellent story, Doris, so far."

'Like it? I LOVED it! The narrative gripped me from the first sentence and didn't let go until the final, heart-stopping page! And the CHARACTERS! Without question, Harris, this is the finest year-end financial report you've ever written!'

"I feel that I have at least one more unpublished novel in me."

'Is this your first book launch?'

"It all happened so fast. 'Notable Book of the Year' to the remainder shelves to HERE in just six months!"

"I'm not spinning - I'm contextualizing."

'Mummy, the review of this book was more interesting.'

"...And I like how you switched from the first person narrative to third person—impressive." "Thanks."

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

Writer Services: We fix plot holes.

Book publisher telling author about some changes needed.

"This swamp is much too beautiful to drain.".

'I'm a writer.' - 'What a coincidence, I'm a reader.'

"But you didn't say they had to make sense - you just told us to write a thousand words a day."

"Oh, you haven’t seen holiday drama ‘till you’ve met our little family."