\[ **BT: [[storytelling]] | [[literature]]** ] --- # writing fiction ## methodologies [[‘Write for the heart, edit for the story!’]][^1] [[When telling stories, avoid ‘just moving bodies through space’.]][^2] [[‘Busy plots don’t allow characters room to be alive, to be human.’]][^3] ## inspiration [[‘The final lesson a writer learns is that everything can nourish the writer. The dictionary, a new word, a voyage, an encounter, a talk on the street, a book, a phrase learned.’]][^4] ## mental health and writing fiction [[‘For the neurotic, the merging of the subconscious and the conscious may be risky … but for the writer … the sooner he can achieve a synthesis among intellect, emotion, and instinct, the sooner his work will be integrated.’|’For the neurotic, the merging of the subconscious and the conscious may be risky, just as it is for the users of drugs. But for the writer who is aware of the way in which this connection exists in reality and nourishes creativity, the sooner he can achieve a synthesis among intellect, emotion, and instinct, the sooner his work will be integrated.’]][^5] [^1]: Chase \[pseud.], ‘Write for the heart, edit for the story!’, Discord post, \#ficwip, 11 July 2024, 16:11, [https://discord.com/channels/619581295634415627/1230220641576419338/1260840755560190073](https://discord.com/channels/619581295634415627/1230220641576419338/1260840755560190073). [^2]: writingwithfolklore \[pseud.], ‘Zoom In’, *Writing With Folklore* (Tumblr blog), 9 February 2022, [https://www.tumblr.com/writingwithfolklore/675729967690153984/zoom-in](https://www.tumblr.com/writingwithfolklore/675729967690153984/zoom-in). [^3]: writingwithfolklore \[pseud.], ‘Zoom In’, *Writing With Folklore* (Tumblr blog), 9 February 2022, [https://www.tumblr.com/writingwithfolklore/675729967690153984/zoom-in](https://www.tumblr.com/writingwithfolklore/675729967690153984/zoom-in). [^4]: ‘Anaïs Nin’, Wikiquote, last edited 7 April 2024, https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ana%C3%AFs_Nin. [^5]: ‘Anaïs Nin’, Wikiquote, last edited 7 April 2024, https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ana%C3%AFs_Nin.