https://frankball.org/quote/youre-being-%c2%93read%c2%94-every-time-you-set-foot-in-public-tonya-reiman/ 2015-08-29T13:24:29+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/a-sharp-tongue-is-the-only-edged-tool-that-grows-keener-with-constant-use-washington-irving-1783%c2%961859-the-sketch-book-rip-van-winkle/ 2015-08-29T13:24:29+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/among-my-most-prized-possessions-are-words-that-i-have-never-spoken-orson-rega-card/ 2015-08-29T13:24:29+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/an-open-ear-is-often-more-welcome-than-a-talking-mouth-thomas-harris/ 2015-08-29T13:24:29+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/analogies-make-it-possible-to-understand-a-compact-message-because-they-invoke-concepts-that-you-already-know-chip-heath/ 2015-08-29T13:24:29+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/anxiety-will-kill-your-timing-deaden-your-reflexes-and-paralyze-your-movements-alan-weiss/ 2015-08-29T13:24:29+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/attention-is-one-of-the-worlds-scarcest-resources-tim-sanders/ 2015-08-29T13:24:29+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/be-provocative-no-one-is-roused-to-action-by-platitude-and-repetition-force-your-audience-to-think-and-make-them-feel-an-urgency-alan-weiss/ 2015-08-29T13:24:29+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/dozens-of-messages-lurk-in-the-pitch-tone-speed-and-volume-of-our-voices-%c2%85-researchers-estimate-that-as-much-as-38-percent-of-all-communication-comes-through-vocal-cues-other-than-speech-8/ 2015-08-29T13:24:29+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/every-good-speaker-is-a-motivational-speaker-because-he-or-she-helps-people-to-take-action-alan-weiss/ 2015-08-29T13:24:29+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/feeling-tells-you-what-you-want-to-say-technique-gives-you-tools-with-which-to-say-it-dwight-v-swain/ 2015-08-29T13:24:29+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/first-learn-the-meaning-of-what-you-say-and-then-speak-epictetus/ 2015-08-29T13:24:29+00:00 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https://frankball.org/quote/to-make-our-communications-more-effective-we-need-to-shift-our-thinking-from-%c2%93what-information-do-i-need-to-convey%c2%94-to-%c2%93what-questions-do-i-want-my-audience-to-ask%c2%94-chip/ 2015-08-29T13:24:34+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/true-eloquence-consists-in-saying-all-that-is-necessary-and-nothing-but-what-is-necessary-francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/ 2015-08-29T13:24:34+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/very-few-of-us-take-advantage-of-opportunities-to-keep-quiet-herbert-v-prochnow-jr/ 2015-08-29T13:24:34+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/we-often-refuse-to-accept-an-idea-merely-because-the-tone-of-voice-in-which-it-has-been-expressed-is-unsympathetic-to-us-friedrich-wilhelm-nietzsche-1844%c2%961900/ 2015-08-29T13:24:34+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/when-giving-a-speech-concentrate-on-what-you-can-give-the-audience-not-what-you-can-get-from-them-h-jackson-brown-jr/ 2015-08-29T13:24:34+00:00 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https://frankball.org/quote/its-such-a-shame-when-elderly-people-die-and-take-their-stories-with-them-its-like-having-a-library-burn-down-julie-mcdonald-zander/ 2015-08-29T13:24:36+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/life-doesnt-come-fully-assembled-neither-do-stories-linda-mccullough-moore/ 2015-08-29T13:24:36+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/master-storytellers-never-explain-they-do-the-hard-painfully-creative-thingthey-dramatize-audiences-are-rarely-interested-and-certainly-never-convinced-when-forced-to-listen-to-the-discuss/ 2015-08-29T13:24:36+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/most-adults-have-lost-the-capacity-to-tell-a-good-story-robert-sommer/ 2015-08-29T13:24:38+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/move-into-and-out-of-the-story-big-picture-small-picture-focusing-one-day-on-the-forest-and-the-next-day-on-the-trees-steven-james/ 2015-08-29T13:24:38+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/no-story-will-finish-itself-linda-mccullough-moore/ 2015-08-29T13:24:38+00:00 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https://frankball.org/quote/the-more-passionate-you-are-about-making-your-point-the-more-you-have-to-trust-your-story-to-convey-it-lisa-cron/ 2015-08-29T13:24:41+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/the-more-personal-and-particular-your-story-the-more-universal-it-will-be-linda-mccullough-moore/ 2015-08-29T13:24:41+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/the-most-common-problem-with-stories-that-havent-been-outlined-is-that-they-dont-build-lisa-cron/ 2015-08-29T13:24:41+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/the-outside-world-determines-which-of-our-stories-are-worthy-of-telling-by-the-way-it-listens-to-them-roger-schank/ 2015-08-29T13:24:41+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/the-richest-and-most-satisfying-pleasures-of-all-are-found-in-stories-that-focus-on-the-reactions-that-events-cause-and-the-insights-gained-robert-mckee/ 2015-08-29T13:24:41+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/the-story-will-become-static-if-we-dont-elevate-the-conflict-and-force-the-character-to-reevaluate-his-goals-cheryl-st-john/ 2015-08-29T13:24:41+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/the-ultimate-in-storytelling-is-to-have-the-stories-become-the-stories-of-the-listeners-to-have-them-think-that-these-are-actually-their-stories-roger-schank/ 2015-08-29T13:24:41+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/the-writer-shapes-story-around-a-perception-of-whats-worth-living-for-whats-worth-dying-for-whats-foolish-to-pursue-robert-mckee/ 2015-08-29T13:24:41+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/there-are-never-enough-storytellers-eugene-peterson-author-of-the-message/ 2015-08-29T13:24:41+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/there-is-no-story-that-is-not-made-finer-with-some-smart-deletions-reading-aloud-helps-mightily-linda-mccullough-moore/ 2015-08-29T13:24:41+00:00 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https://frankball.org/quote/we-do-not-easily-remember-what-other-people-have-said-if-they-do-not-tell-it-in-the-form-of-a-story-roger-shank-author-of-tell-me-a-story/ 2015-08-29T13:24:44+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/we-understand-personal-problems-and-relationships-between-people-through-stories-that-typify-those-situations-roger-schank/ 2015-08-29T13:24:44+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/what-is-story-its-the-introduction-of-a-character-who-faces-a-conflict-that-escalates-into-a-climactic-conclusion-that-provides-the-audience-with-a-satisfying-resolution-steven-james/ 2015-08-29T13:24:44+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/when-the-story-is-finished-no-matter-how-many-rewrites-it-takes-you-ought-to-be-able-to-name-to-yourself-what-each-scene-brought-out-how-it-developed-the-characters-how-it-showed-action-or-led-tow/ 2015-08-29T13:24:44+00:00 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2015-08-29T13:25:11+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/if-i-am-to-write-so-others-will-hear-i-must-first-listen-verdell-krisher-author-and-christian-school-director/ 2015-08-29T13:25:11+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/if-i-tell-you-that-the-sink-is-filled-with-food-crusted-plates-crawling-with-cockroaches-i-dont-need-to-tell-you-much-else-about-the-room-do-i-cheryl-st-john/ 2015-08-29T13:25:11+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/if-i-write-something-i-find-some-place-for-it-to-go-terry-burns/ 2015-08-29T13:25:11+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/if-it-isnt-moving-you-it-isnt-going-to-move-your-readers-tim-shoemaker/ 2015-08-29T13:25:11+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/if-my-story-is-stuck-i-have-to-get-to-know-my-characters-better-kim-messer/ 2015-08-29T13:25:11+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/if-only-one-line-in-the-poem-has-energy-then-cut-the-rest-out-and-leave-only-that-one-line-william-carlos-williams/ 2015-08-29T13:25:11+00:00 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https://frankball.org/quote/it-takes-honesty-and-courageand-an-amazing-level-of-maturityto-look-at-your-own-work-with-an-objective-eye-and-see-how-you-can-make-it-better-cheryl-st-john/ 2015-08-29T13:25:19+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/it-takes-planning-and-hard-work-to-pull-off-a-strong-emotionally-charged-book-cheryl-st-john/ 2015-08-29T13:25:19+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/its-a-damn-good-story-if-you-have-any-comments-write-them-on-the-back-of-the-check-erle-stanley-gardner-note-on-submitted-manuscript/ 2015-08-29T13:25:19+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/its-almost-impossible-to-differentiate-between-the-gut-feeling-you-get-when-youre-reading-a-fabulous-book-and-the-feeling-you-get-when-youre-reading-a-manuscript-written-by-a-clos/ 2015-08-29T13:25:19+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/its-difficult-if-not-impossible-to-motivate-a-character-to-grow-and-change-if-his-or-her-system-of-survival-has-not-yet-broken-down-dara-marks/ 2015-08-29T13:25:19+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/its-essential-that-you-truly-respect-your-readers-and-assume-theyre-at-least-as-smart-as-you-are-steven-james/ 2015-08-29T13:25:19+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/its-not-easynothing-about-writing-is-easy-there-are-no-shortcuts-to-this-sometimes-tedious-or-frustrating-process-but-with-determination-and-the-right-tools-we-can-create-memorable-ch/ 2015-08-29T13:25:19+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/its-not-enough-to-include-a-strong-hook-in-your-novels-first-sentenceor-even-the-first-sentence-of-each-chapter-also-include-a-hook-in-the-last-line-of-each-scene-diann/ 2015-08-29T13:25:19+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/its-not-important-whats-happening-whats-important-is-how-your-character-is-reacting-to-it-cheryl-st-john/ 2015-08-29T13:25:19+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/its-not-who-you-know-its-who-knows-you-and-who-knows-about-you-even-if-they-havent-actually-met-you-bob-burg/ 2015-08-29T13:25:19+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/its-part-of-the-writing-exercise-to-keep-your-head-in-the-story-even-when-youre-not-at-the-computer-michael-connelly/ 2015-08-29T13:25:19+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/its-pretty-silly-to-see-biblical-scenes-in-which-everyone-sounds-like-they-are-speaking-in-the-king-james-version-of-the-bible-kim-messer/ 2015-08-29T13:25:19+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/its-the-emotional-impact-that-draws-us-in-and-keeps-us-coming-back-cheryl-st-john/ 2015-08-29T13:25:22+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/its-understood-in-the-industry-that-80-percent-of-advances-do-not-earn-out-donald-maass/ 2015-08-29T13:25:22+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/its-easy-to-write-a-pure-black-villain-but-that-makes-it-both-a-cliche-and-lazy-writing-jeff-gerke/ 2015-08-29T13:25:22+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/journalism-is-literature-in-a-hurry-matthew-arnold/ 2015-08-29T13:25:22+00:00 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2015-08-29T13:25:22+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/keep-readers-hooked-by-not-giving-them-an-ending-to-something-you-know-they-want-to-see-resolved-joe-vitale/ 2015-08-29T13:25:22+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/keep-saying-no-to-your-characters-whatever-it-is-they-want-hold-it-back-cheryl-st-john/ 2015-08-29T13:25:22+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/know-your-character-before-you-put-words-on-paper-cheryl-st-john/ 2015-08-29T13:25:22+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/knowing-why-rules-exist-sets-you-free-to-follow-or-break-them-with-wisdom-and-expertise-cheryl-st-john/ 2015-08-29T13:25:22+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/language-is-often-abstract-but-life-is-not-abstract-chip-heath/ 2015-08-29T13:25:22+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/learn-the-rules-well-enough-to-forget-about-them-the-way-you-learned-to-ride-a-bike-robert-pinkert/ 2015-08-29T13:25:22+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/learning-to-make-use-of-good-critique-is-one-of-the-most-important-skills-a-writer-can-develop-judith-barrington/ 2015-08-29T13:25:22+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/let-every-phrase-of-dialogue-or-line-of-description-either-turn-behavior-and-action-or-set-up-the-conditions-for-change-robert-mckee/ 2015-08-29T13:25:22+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/let-your-characters-have-insecurities-your-main-character-should-be-someone-the-reader-could-imagine-being-or-knowing-cheryl-st-john/ 2015-08-29T13:25:22+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/life-is-a-writers-raw-material-successful-writers-immerse-themselves-in-it-dwight-v-swain/ 2015-08-29T13:25:22+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/long-sentences-judiciously-used-sweep-readers-along-as-if-they-were-lazily-floating-down-a-quiet-river-on-an-inner-tube-joyce-ellis/ 2015-08-29T13:25:22+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/look-at-your-characters-goals-and-ask-yourself-%c2%93whats-the-worst-thing-that-could-happen%c2%94-then-take-the-worst-thing-a-step-further-cheryl-st-john/ 2015-08-29T13:25:25+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/loosen-up-practice-to-talk-well-talk-a-lot-to-write-well-write-a-lot-and-do-it-fast-robert-pinkert/ 2015-08-29T13:25:25+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/make-a-habit-of-reading-something-inspiring-and-cheerful-just-before-going-to-sleep-h-jackson-brown-jr/ 2015-08-29T13:25:25+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/make-a-list-of-smells-that-start-your-thoughts-going-backward-to-moving-or-outstanding-times-in-your-life-paul-darcy-boles/ 2015-08-29T13:25:25+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/make-no-mistake-great-writing-is-secondary-because-if-the-reader-doesnt-want-to-know-what-happens-next-who-cares-how-well-its-written-lisa-cron-long-time-consultant-and-agen/ 2015-08-29T13:25:25+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/make-sure-every-character-has-%c2%93a-limp-and-an-eyepatch-%c2%94-every-character-has-to-have-a-unique-way-of-speaking-but-also-something-memorable-that-will-stick-him-in-the-readers-mind-8/ 2015-08-29T13:25:25+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/make-sure-readers-have-enough-empathy-to-connect-with-the-main-character-feel-enough-emotion-to-stay-intrigued-by-the-story-and-gain-enough-insight-to-see-the-world-with-new-eyes-when-theyre/ 2015-08-29T13:25:25+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/many-famous-writers-were-rejectedbut-they-persevered-and-were-successful-kirby-anderson-host-of-%c2%93point-of-view%c2%94-radio-talk-show/ 2015-08-29T13:25:25+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/many-writers-dont-get-their-beginning-until-theyve-finished-their-first-draft-laurie-alberts/ 2015-08-29T13:25:25+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/many-writers-think-they-are-through-when-they-write-the-story-actually-thats-when-crafting-the-story-begins-terry-burns/ 2015-08-29T13:25:25+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/micro-tension-is-the-moment-by-moment-tension-that-keeps-readers-in-a-constant-state-of-suspense-over-what-will-happennot-in-story-but-in-the-next-few-seconds-donald-maass/ 2015-08-29T13:25:25+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/more-than-anything-that-you-can-do-to-illustrate-voice-for-your-reader-the-characters-attitude-will-differentiate-one-character-from-another-elizabeth-george/ 2015-08-29T13:25:25+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/most-authors-write-in-their-own-voices-every-book-they-write-sounds-exactly-like-every-other-book-they-write-and-if-you-were-to-talk-to-the-author-you-would-find-that-his-books-sound-like-he-does/ 2015-08-29T13:25:25+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/most-commercial-fiction-readers-decide-to-read-or-not-read-within-the-first-dozen-pages-terry-burns/ 2015-08-29T13:25:25+00:00 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https://frankball.org/quote/the-reader-must-know-whats-going-on-immediately-from-the-very-first-words-on-the-page-syd-field/ 2015-08-29T13:25:47+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/the-reader-must-see-the-action-as-if-he-or-she-were-seeing-it-on-the-screen-syd-field/ 2015-08-29T13:25:47+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/the-reader-turns-the-page-because-he-wants-to-know-whats-going-to-happen-next-cheryl-st-john/ 2015-08-29T13:25:47+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/the-reader-will-assume-the-opening-scene-is-typical-of-the-whole-book-persia-woolley/ 2015-08-29T13:25:47+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/the-real-world-is-a-clinic-for-writers-who-pay-attention-and-break-down-what-they-see-around-them-larry-brooks/ 2015-08-29T13:25:47+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/the-really-exciting-part-about-creating-characters-is-that-you-can-manipulate-their-lives-in-order-to-tell-the-story-you-want-to-tell-cheryl-st-john/ 2015-08-29T13:25:47+00:00 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https://frankball.org/quote/the-writer-in-his-work-must-be-like-god-in-his-creatorinvisible-and-all-powerful-he-must-be-everywhere-felt-but-never-seen-gustave-flaubert-1821%c2%961880-letter-to-mademoiselle-l/ 2015-08-29T13:25:49+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/the-writer-should-be-considerate-enough-to-lead-the-reader-across-a-bridgenot-force-the-poor-soul-to-leap-across-a-chasm-in-the-dark-theodore-a-rees-cheney/ 2015-08-29T13:25:49+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/the-writer-supplies-words-for-others-who-have-no-words-of-their-own-verdell-krisher-author-and-christian-school-director/ 2015-08-29T13:25:49+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/the-writers-mission-is-to-make-the-seemingly-impossible-occur-in-such-a-way-thats-believable-diann-mills/ 2015-08-29T13:25:49+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/the-writing-profession-is-a-marathon-not-a-sprint-steve-laube/ 2015-08-29T13:25:49+00:00 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https://frankball.org/quote/to-make-an-impact-as-a-writer-you-need-to-do-more-than-make-statements-that-are-logical-well-supported-and-consistent-you-must-also-find-a-way-of-entering-a-conversation-with-others-views/ 2015-08-29T13:25:55+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/to-make-change-meaningful-it-must-to-begin-with-happen-to-a-character-if-you-see-someone-drenched-in-a-downpour-this-has-somewhat-more-meaning-than-a-damp-street-robert-mckee/ 2015-08-29T13:25:55+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/to-practice-%c2%93hearing%c2%94-for-your-reader-listen-to-the-sounds-around-you-wherever-you-are-and-think-of-the-words-or-phrases-you-could-use-to-describe-those-sounds-james-thom/ 2015-08-29T13:25:55+00:00 https://frankball.org/quote/to-put-your-readers-there-and-make-them-feel-at-home-in-that-time-you-must-teach-them-what-something-is-the-moment-they-see-it-and-make-it-seem-like-theyve-known-it-all-along-james-t/ 2015-08-29T13:25:55+00:00 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