Trying to write something of permanent value is a full-time job.
You have to simply love writing, and you have to remind yourself often that you love it.
Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you.
Writer's block, for me, is merely a way of saying "I'm too lazy to sit down and give it the proper time." I want to be a progressive writer, not a lazy one.
Talent is cheap. What matters is discipline.
Make it so good and so clear that it doesn't need any further explanation.
When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away even if it's only a glass of water.
Love words, agonize over sentences. And pay
If you wanna be a writer, you must learn to paint a picture with words.
Keep trying, especially at first. It can be very discouraging if your submissions keep being rejected by a publisher, but if your work is what people want to read, you should get there eventually!
There's no such thing as the middle of nowhere. Something is happening everywhere. You just have to find the story in it.
Let your emotions guide your hand to the paper and watch how your sorrows can turn into beauty. For tears relieve your body but writing relieves your heart.
Every word born of an inner necessity - writing must never be anything else.
There's no rule for better writing. It's best to make your own rules, and see what works best for you.
Remember: Bad timing equals great plot twists.
You are going to feel like hell if you never write the stuff that is tugging on the sleeves in your heart--your stories, visions, memories, songs: your truth, your version of things, in your voice. Th...
Rule #1: Writing is for the creative brain. Editing is for the critical brain. Separate them appropriately.
Act one: put your characters in a tree. Act two: throw rocks at them. Act three: get them down again.
Cutting words can cut your readers but if the intention is pure, the story will resonate loud and true.
Ultimately, then, creativity and originality lie not in the avoidance of established forms but in the imaginative use of them.
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