When you're writing, don't forget to keep your favorite audience in mind--you.
Q: What do you think is magical about fiction?DFW: ... The first line of attack for that question is that there is this existential loneliness in the real world. I don't know what you're thinking or w...
The best kind of praise is intelligent praise.
Clarity trumps all rules.
Every wound is a word.
No writing is wasted. Did you know that sourdough from San Francisco is leavened partly by a bacteria called lactobacillus sanfrancisensis? It is native to the soil there, and does not do well elsewhe...
Believe in yourself and start achieving your dream. It waits for you on the other side of the publish button.
[Speaking about writing her first novel] You have to be passionate enough about it and I was.
6 criteria to upgrade literary production; Correct language, the power of the idea, the fluency in expressing, the connection between ideas and the depth of their meanings, the characters movements to...
Writers are born, not created.
Originality is not writing the story that has never been told, but writing the stories only you can tell.
Storytellers think they're writing for the audience. They're writing, in a way, to hurt the audience.
Perfectionism is the enemy of the author. There is a difference between good writing habits and perfectionism. The author who displays good writing habits delivers on time. The aspiring author who is...
The biggest laughs are based on the biggest disappointments and the biggest fears.
If a novel was a map of a country, a story was the bright silver pin that marked the crossroads.
Don't say it was "delightful"; make us say "delightful" when we've read the description.
I cannot tell you how important fresh, crisp writing is for an aspiring writer. Plot is great. The overall concept is super important. But the writing is what sells your work. It all boils down to the...
Write without pay until somebody offers to pay.
When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.
Fiction should be in its way subversive. I don't think books should be neat or gentle or genteel or comforting. I think they should be raw. They should be written as perfectly as possible, but what th...
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