Talented or Skilful Enough to Write by Orson Scott Card | Writing Quote

Talented or Skilful Enough to Write

by Orson Scott Card

 

 The danger that keeps me just a little frightened with every book I write, however, is that I'll overreach myself once too often and try to write a story that I'm just plain not talented or skilful enough to write. That's the dilemma every storyteller faces. It is painful to fail. But it is far sadder when a storyteller stops wanting to try.

— Orson Scott

 

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Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is the first and only person to win both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for both his novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card co-produced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003).  Wikipedia
 

Born: 1951, Richland, WA
Spouse: Kristine Allen
Children: Emily Janice Card, Charles Benjamin Card, Zina Margaret Card, and more
Siblings: Arlen Card

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Good Writers Can See Stories by Orson Scott Card | Writing Quote

Good Writers Can See Stories

by Orson Scott Card

 

 Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any.

— Orson Scott

 

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Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is the first and only person to win both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for both his novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card co-produced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003).  Wikipedia
 

Born: 1951, Richland, WA
Spouse: Kristine Allen
Children: Emily Janice Card, Charles Benjamin Card, Zina Margaret Card, and more
Siblings: Arlen Card

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