Your story is not a picture of life; it lacks the elements of truth. And why? Simply because you run straight on to the end; because you do not analyze. Your heroes do this thing or that from this or...
You will do well not to write for money, not because you won't get rich doing it, but because writing fueled by that sort of motivation becomes dull and lifeless and mediocre.
How to write a book? Start writing,continue writing and finish writing.
Storytelling is in our DNA. It's what differentiates humans from other species: we don't just communicate information. We tell stories.
Don't say it was "delightful"; make us say "delightful" when we've read the description.
Question marks are shaped like hooks for a reason: they will hook the reader and drag them deeper into the story
One does not travel, any more than one falls in love, to collect material. It is simply part of one's life...
Be prepared to work hard to be a writer.
Every wound is a word.
If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must risk placing real emotion at the center of your work. Write straight into the e...
You can swap the message around, and whatever the particular norm is, or whatever the particular message is, when you put your pet-peeve message before story, odds are you are going to bore the shit o...
Trying to write something of permanent value is a full-time job.
People say that writers write for money. From my own experience that's not true. I write for me. I publish for money.
I recommend writing standing up from time to time. It's easier to dance when you finish writing.
Writing is easy. Writing a publishable book is hard.
Storytellers think they're writing for the audience. They're writing, in a way, to hurt the audience.
Nothing is wasted when you are a writer. The stuff that doesn't work has to be written to make way for the stuff that might; often you need to take the long way around. And if you're writing memoir yo...
Writers are born, not created.
Write, what you feel about. Feel, what you have written about.
When you're writing, don't forget to keep your favorite audience in mind--you.