Nora Roberts Quotes

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

Love, Writing, Same

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

I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word.
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Love, Write, Word

Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.
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Love, Great, Heart

You don't find time to write. You make time. It's my job.
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Time, Job, Find

Actually, I find it great fun to develop family series with lots of characters.
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Family, Great, Fun

And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking.
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Time, Best, Single

Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women.
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Women, Men, Real

Certainly the plagiarism, and dealing with the fallout of it, was the most difficult thing I've ever faced since I started writing.
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Writing, Difficult, Since

Every single book is a challenge.
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Single, Book, Challenge

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.
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Best, Different, Find

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.
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Good, Pretty, Rejection

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

I do indeed write on the road. My laptop goes with me everywhere.
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Write, Road, Goes

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

I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure.
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Moment, Write, Read

I don't fiddle or edit or change while I'm going through that first draft.
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Change, Through, While

I find I use the Internet more and more. It's just an invaluable tool. I do most of my research on the Net now - and certainly do the bulk of my communicating through email.
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Through, Find, Research

I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down.
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Down, Pretty, Write

I long for typical days, but rarely get them any more.
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Long, Days, Rarely

I loved the process of writing.
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Writing, Loved, Process

I need to write to be happy.
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I read a lot - and I read a variety of genres.
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Read, Variety, Genres

I would hope that my writing's cleaner than it was when I started.
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Hope, Writing, Started

I'd always loved to read - and come from a family of readers - but I never thought about writing as a career.
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Family, Writing, Career

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: October 10, 1950

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