Go where the pain is, go where the pleasure is.
Writers will often find themselves steering by stars that are disturbingly in motion.
Write as though your life depended on it.
If you can't give the is-ness of a thing give the not-ness of it! The main thing is to hook up, get the wheels turning, sound off. When your brakes jam, try going in reverse. If often works.
... The Book is more important than your plans for it. You have to go with what works for The Book ~ if your ideas appear hollow or forced when they are put on paper, chop them, erase them, pulverise...
Not everyone is fodder for books," said Rosalind.
Writing is not a hobby. It's the only way I get to shut up the demons in my head.
I know, not everyone will like what I write, but writing is not about trying to please everybody.
When it comes to overcoming writing hurdles, getting sick is like suffering a review from a critic with an axe to grind; you can't let it get you down!
Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it.
When you have something meaningful to say, you lose your desire for much grammar; for only in the incompetence of words does one seek the redeeming power of vocabulary.
Nouns and verbs are the guts of the language. Beware of covering up with adjectives and adverbs.
Writer's Block: making authors miserable since the Stone Age.
Don't have every dialog go in a straight line to solve the problem. Let your characters argue, be sarcastic, disagree or joke around.
Fiction is a careful combination of observation, inspiration, and imagination.
Storytelling is in our DNA. It's what differentiates humans from other species: we don't just communicate information. We tell stories.
I have a great many opinions about writing, but I'm afraid that all of them are unprintable
I learn from everything I do, right and wrong. I think it helps me grow as a writer and a person.
Just write. That's my only tip. And read. I guess that's two.
There may be a Nurse Ratched-like listing of things that must be done right this moment: foods that must come out of the freezer, appointments that must be canceled or made, hairs that must be tweezed...
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