Science Fiction Has Rivets, Fantasy Has Trees.

You Will Learn To Defeat The Enemy.

I Listen To Music Constantly While Writing.

Oh, I'll Live Ender's Life, Too. It's So Much More Interesting Than My Own." ~val

The Most Noble Title Any Child Can Have, Demosthenes Wrote, Is Third.

You Can't Write A Novel All At Once, Any More Than You Can Swallow A Whale In One Gulp. You Do Have To Break It Up Into Smaller Chunks. But Those Smaller Chunks Aren't Good Old Familiar Short Stories. Novels Aren't Built Out Of Short Stories. They Are Built Out Of Scenes.