40 Rebecca Serle Quotes for You to Enjoy

Rebecca Serle

American Writer

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The first thing I thought when I finished Ernest Cline's 'Ready Player One' was, 'My God, it's the grown-up's 'Harry Potter.'' Now this is from a mega 'HP' fan, so I mean business, here. Rebecca Serle

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I first moved to New York, like many twenty-somethings before me, to be a grown up. I was attending an MFA program in the city, starting work at a nonfiction imprint at a reputable publishing house, and excited about being on track to becoming the writer I had always wanted to be. Rebecca Serle

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It is my greatest wish to teach children what I now believe: that writing is not a burden but a joy. Rebecca Serle

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Writers often like to talk about how intuitive the writing process is, but in truth, building a book is a remarkably unintuitive task. Or, to put it more accurately, you need a lot more than intuition. You need plot and characters. You need a setting. You need a theme that is relevant and supported by your text. Rebecca Serle

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Children's authors have to pick words that reflect the spirit of a book and convey its message but also words that light children up, that children will recognize. Words that inspire and comfort. Words that challenge yet don't patronize. Words that, well, mean something to them. Rebecca Serle

Picture books, while less in word count, are certainly not less important. There are unbelievably skillful authors writing in this vein. Authors like Jane O'Connor and Jon Scieszka. Rebecca Serle

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Of course YA authors have a responsibility to their audience. Rebecca Serle

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I remember what it feels like to be fourteen or sixteen, to have the world folded out in front of you, and to have a million choices ahead. I also remember what it feels like to be so open and impressionable and to want something so badly it's impossible to see that maybe it isn't the best thing for you. Rebecca Serle

The truth is there are people who love horror movies. I don't happen to be one of those people. Rebecca Serle

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I've tried in the past to blog about ghostwriting and have failed. I have a lot of opinions on the whole issue, and I'm constantly censoring myself to make sure I don't just sound like a bitter writer. Rebecca Serle

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Writing is hard. It takes commitment and determination and a good part talent. It's not an afterthought, an addendum - it's a career. Rebecca Serle

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I love that the collapse of The Other Side is being felt in both 'The Vampire Diaries' and 'The Originals' universes - as someone who is a fan of both shows, it's very fun to watch. Rebecca Serle

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I was lucky to have made it to 23 before my world fell apart, but when it did, I had no idea how to survive. It was a rough year. I cried - a lot. I complained - a lot. I also wrote - a lot. Rebecca Serle

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That's the funny thing about time. It is only in looking back that it's easy to connect the dots. To see exactly why everything needed to happen the way that it did. Rebecca Serle

I am a young adult author, and so are quite a few of my friends. We all write books for the same demographic; many of us are even published by the same publishing house. Two of us, in fact, share the same editor. Rebecca Serle

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I often lament that new picture books don't get read because the classics hold up so well. It's a ridiculous complaint because, um, the classics hold up so well. Rebecca Serle

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I get asked a lot what books I recommend for a nursery, home library, etc., and I always tell parents to start with what they loved as children, what they want to share, and broaden out from there. Rebecca Serle

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When I write novels, it's just me alone in a room. Rebecca Serle

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Seriously, I am a terrible plotter when it comes to my novels. Terrible. I love to kind of feel my way into a book. Rebecca Serle

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I think that one of the reasons Shakespeare withstands the test of time is that his themes are so universal. Rebecca Serle

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One of the things that defines YA is a really strong narrative. Adults love YA because, at the end of the day, they're good stories and page-turners. The other element is emotion. The teen years are a very emotional and intense time, and I think it's a time we that we can all relate to and remember. Rebecca Serle

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Every writer, no matter published, unpublished, award-winning, or bestselling, faces insecurity. It crops up everywhere and, in my personal experience, nearly every day. It's just a part of the process. Rebecca Serle

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