Education is a cycle of reading, thinking and writing.
If the passage absolutely demands cursing, be moderate. A little of it goes a long way. I've seen beginning writers pepper curse words through sentence after sentence.'If you don't -blanking- get your...
On Writing: "A multitude of improbabilities can be forgiven as long as enough plausibility has been established.
Write drunk (on emotion); edit sober (on rationality and intention).Faulkner, reimagined by me.
There's no rule for better writing. It's best to make your own rules, and see what works best for you.
Writing a book is a blood sport. If it doesn't hurt when you're done, you're probably doing something wrong.
Let at least one word of my writings impregnate the reader's heart.
To write, live.
If you have nothing good to say about someone, write a book about them. - Carmen Fox, Life Motto
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.
I'm not asking you to describe the rain falling the night the archangel arrived; I'm demanding that you get me wet. Make up your mind, Mr. Writer, and for once in your life be the flowers that smells...
Imagination? It is the one thing beside honesty that a good writer must have. The more he learns from experience the more he can imagine.
From my writer's workshop, "Know when it's time to put everything you've got on the page. Then, rip open a vein and do it!
Prose is architecture, not interior decoration.
Heinlein's Rules for Writers Rule One: You Must WriteRule Two: Finish What Your StartRule Three: You Must Refrain From Rewriting, Except to Editorial OrderRule Four: You Must Put Your Story on the Mar...
As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.
Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own lif...
On Hayao MiyazakiI told Miyazaki I love the gratuitous motion in his films; instead of every movement being dictated by the story, sometimes people will just sit for a moment, or they will sigh, or lo...
Don’t wait. Writers are the only artists I know of who expect to get somewhere by waiting. Everyone knows you have to dance to be a dancer, you have to sing to be a singer, you have to act to be an ac...
Write because you love it, not because you want to become rich. Your story will be better for it.