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" I'm writing a new love story, set in eastern North Carolina. Surprise, surprise, huh? "
Nicholas Sparks
New
Story
Surprise
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" To be quite honest, I've been very blessed when I've worked with Hollywood. The studios that have purchased my work to be adapted to film have really liked the work and wanted to stay as close as they could to what the book was. "
Nicholas Sparks
Book
Blessed
Hollywood
" All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story. "
Nicholas Sparks
Inspiration
Come
Story
" I do not use profanity in my novels. My characters all go to church. "
Nicholas Sparks
Go
Profanity
Characters
" Rekindled love is generally short-term. "
Nicholas Sparks
Short-Term
Rekindled
Love
" The first thing I did when I sold my book was buy a new wedding ring for my wife and asked her to marry me all over again. "
Nicholas Sparks
Ring
New
Me
" If you look for me, I'm in the fiction section. Romance has its own section. "
Nicholas Sparks
You
Me
Own
" I suppose I'm most influenced by any good, commercial writer. I learn from everyone. "
Nicholas Sparks
Everyone
Learn
Good
" Spreading the news is your duty as a Christian, and there are many ways to do this. "
Nicholas Sparks
Ways
Duty
Many
" Over time, quality work will lead to an audience for your work. "
Nicholas Sparks
Work
Audience
Quality
" There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful. "
Nicholas Sparks
Successful
Writing
Pressure
" My wife, my family, my friends - they've all taught me things about love and what that emotion really means. In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving. "
Nicholas Sparks
Family
Love
Wife
" I think that men know how to romance a woman and most do it well, at least for a time, otherwise women wouldn't marry them. The problem is that most of them begin to rest on their laurels. "
Nicholas Sparks
Rest
Woman
Women
" I would be rejected if I submitted any of my novels as romance novels. "
Nicholas Sparks
Would
Any
Novels
" I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught me something. "
Nicholas Sparks
Over
Me
Done
" I'll admit that it's not easy to get an agent, but becoming successful in anything requires perseverance. "
Nicholas Sparks
Easy
Perseverance
Successful
" I very seldom, very seldom, even know what my characters look like. "
Nicholas Sparks
Characters
Very
Look
" Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories. "
Nicholas Sparks
Love
Dramatic
Stories
" A typical agent in New York gets 400 query letters a month. Of those, they might ask to read 3-4 manuscripts, and of those, they might ask to represent 1. "
Nicholas Sparks
Month
Ask
Letters
" Loving once and only once is possible - anything is possible. "
Nicholas Sparks
Possible
Anything Is Possible
Loving
" Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period. "
Nicholas Sparks
Writing
Life
Moment
" I think that enduring, committed love between a married couple, along with raising children, is the most noble act anyone can aspire to. It is not written about very much. "
Nicholas Sparks
Think
Children
Raising Children
" I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours. "
Nicholas Sparks
Words
Three
Sometimes
" Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever. "
Nicholas Sparks
Day
Because
More
" I have a great wife and it's very easy to be romantic because it makes her happy and then my life is so much better when she's happy. "
Nicholas Sparks
Easy
Wife
Romantic
" Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It's that important, so don't mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write. "
Nicholas Sparks
Page
Door
Sales
" Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind. "
Nicholas Sparks
Questions
Books
Focus
" By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the mechanics of writing, so to speak - and which genres and authors excel in various areas. "
Nicholas Sparks
Questions
Speak
Writing
" Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars. "
Nicholas Sparks
Writing
Said
Down
" I don't write romance novels. "
Nicholas Sparks
Novels
Romance
Write
" I have certain moral parameters that I do not cross in writing; I don't write about adultery or kids having premarital sex. "
Nicholas Sparks
Writing
Adultery
Sex