“ Through the act of writing, a writer learns more about himself than he could ever imagine. Rob Bignell
“ Often as writers, we are surprised by what we learn about ourselves. It runs counter to what we’ve thought about who we are. But it is closer to the truth. Rob Bignell
“ ...ugly interlopers threaten to choke off your story, depriving it of much-needed nutrition, sunlight and water. Identify and cut those weeds – the life-sucking adverbs, the shade-killing descriptions… Rob Bignell
“ ...you are a writer the moment you start writing, not when you've sold your first book. Rob Bignell
“ ...writing allows us to reposition ourselves so we can see what is otherwise in our mental blind spots or those things about oneself and the world that we neither can see nor understand from the spot… Rob Bignell
“ By writing, we partake in something greater than ourselves. Pick up pen and paper or take a seat at your computer today and create something of beauty. Rob Bignell
“ Folding the laundry, completing another project at work, or watching television for the next hour doesn’t build your writing muscles. It only leaves them flabby. Rob Bignell
“ Every word I write is a seed that I may nurture into a small, beautiful poem or a tall, soaring tree. Rob Bignell
