Nora Roberts

I don't fiddle or edit or change while I'm going through that first draft. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#draft #edit #fiddle #first #going

I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#i #moment #pleasure #read #well

I don't base any character on a real person, and really don't do composites either. I make them up. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#base #character #either #i #make

I do indeed write on the road. My laptop goes with me everywhere. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#goes #i #i do #indeed #laptop

Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#any #characters #come #elements #emotion

I decided to write category romance as I'd recently discovered them, and enjoyed them. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#decided #discovered #enjoyed #i #recently

I believe strongly in writing groups such as Romance Writers Of America that offer support, information and networking. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#believe #groups #i #i believe #information

For over a year I continued to submit mss, and have them rejected - the last few with rejection letters indicated the story was pretty good, but I was American. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#continued #few #good #i #indicated

Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#best #different #discard #every #figure

Every single book is a challenge. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#challenge #every #single