Story Architect Gifts

Author, Stephen King, works on his latest novel.

"Yes, Jane Lyons, sitting next to Katy Jones, class of 2018, it is important for a writer to know her audience."

Writer's Block Party

'How about having at least one character who's alive and wearing clothes?'

"I was writing a novel based on the idea of a man suffering from déjà vu, until I realised it had been done before."

Man writing at laptop says: 'It's a UK road movie ??" to give it more scale, I'm making the characters three inches tall.'

"Say - this gives me an idea for a picture!"

"Now all we need is a good script."

"Writer's block?"

Desk bins: Exposition, Complication, Climax, Resolution.

"We love your manuscript! It's exactly the sort of big, sprawling epic we've been looking for!"

Laurence van Cott Niven

"I need some help to write my self-help book..."

"My first novel is a prequel of a sequel, it's about time travel."

D. B. C. Pierre

Books Providing Bright Idea

"Well, I've been struggling to write a book about my struggle to write a book..."

'Nothing from the Nobel Committee or the National Endowment for the Arts, but you have a tentative offer from Burma-Shave.

"Michael self-published his novel then boughtt up his own film rights."

'Get the person with the best imagination to write our Earnings Report.'

'This is a real tear jerker but there is just not much of a market for hard luck stories.'

Building called 'The Writer's Block' - ouside there is a 'rejection slip bin'.

"The first three chapters read like they were written by some guy on a couch."

I'm so proud! The imaginary enemy of his imaginary enemy is his imaginary friend.

I can't wait till the Entourage movie comes out. Me an' my boys are going to see it opening day. You and your "boys"? What "boys"? You don't have any "boys." Of course I've got "boys." Every main character is surrounded by a group of friends. They may make fun of each other, they may get each other into trouble once a week. But they're always there for each other. I'm the main character in my life. Not really. "Main characters" make things happen; they don't just sit back and let things happen T

I was able to get you a 2-book deal.

"My next book? It will probably be about rising up and crushing humanity."

Horror Movie for Writers

"'Yes' she said, 'no' she said."

"If you saw a book with the title 'An American Speaks Out,' would you buy it?"

Ed Flanders, Deconstruction Worker

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

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

"Bah, I could've written a better dénouement in my sleep."

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