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Nicholas Sparks
American
Author
About the author
Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Thinking
#Romance
Loving once and only once is possible - anything is possible.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It's that important, so don't mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Will
#First
#Writer
#Open
#Impression
#Sales
I think that men know how to romance a woman and most do it well, at least for a time, otherwise women wouldn't marry them. The problem is that most of them begin to rest on their laurels.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Time
#Men
#Woman
#Rest
#Women
#Romance
I think that enduring, committed love between a married couple, along with raising children, is the most noble act anyone can aspire to. It is not written about very much.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Love
#Children
#Act
I suppose more than anything, it's the way of life in this part of the country that influences my writing. In Eastern North Carolina, with the exception of Wilmington, most people live in small towns.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Life
#People
#Country
#Writing
I suppose I'm most influenced by any good, commercial writer. I learn from everyone.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Writer
I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught me something.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Years
#Old
#Books
I have certain moral parameters that I do not cross in writing; I don't write about adultery or kids having premarital sex.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Kids
#Writing
#Sex
#Adultery
I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Love
#People
#Circumstances
#Change
I do not use profanity in my novels. My characters all go to church.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Church
#Profanity
Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Want
#Books
#Questions
#Mind
#Focus
#Variety
By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the mechanics of writing, so to speak - and which genres and authors excel in various areas.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Writing
#Reading
#Questions
#Variety
None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Famous
All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#People
#Inspiration
Over time, quality work will lead to an audience for your work.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Time
#Work
#Will
#Quality
A typical agent in New York gets 400 query letters a month. Of those, they might ask to read 3-4 manuscripts, and of those, they might ask to represent 1.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Letters
Rekindled love is generally short-term.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Love
Spreading the news is your duty as a Christian, and there are many ways to do this.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Duty
#Christian
#News
Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Art
#May
#Writing
#Publishing
#Business
I'll admit that it's not easy to get an agent, but becoming successful in anything requires perseverance.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Successful
#Perseverance
I'm writing a new love story, set in eastern North Carolina. Surprise, surprise, huh?
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Love
#Writing
In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by writing these types of stories, I have to include tragedy.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Love
#Tragedy
#Writing
I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Words
#Day
My wife, my family, my friends - they've all taught me things about love and what that emotion really means. In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Love
#Wife
#Family
#Friends
#Giving
#Emotion
The first thing I did when I sold my book was buy a new wedding ring for my wife and asked her to marry me all over again.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Wife
#First
#Wedding
Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Day
#Publishing
#Business
#Examination
There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Successful
#First
#Writing
#Books
#Pressure
To be quite honest, I've been very blessed when I've worked with Hollywood. The studios that have purchased my work to be adapted to film have really liked the work and wanted to stay as close as they could to what the book was.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Film
#Work
#Hollywood
What's the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I'm more than happy writing what I do and have no plans to change that.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#People
#Will
#Writing
#Challenge
#Change
Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.
Nicholas Sparks,
American
Author
#Life
#First
#Writing
#Draft
#Moments