Always carry with you a pen and a notebook or a journal to write the thoughts that flashes in a moments.
Do you know what the difference is between PR and advertising? Advertising is when you say how great you are. PR is when other people say how great you are. PR is better.
Let us not neglect the forbidden. Let us not sophisticate ourselves out of the cheap thrill and chill of it: the story told for perversity's sake, and all the better for that; the image created becaus...
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...
Don't let writers block push you around. Figure out what the problem is,whether it's with the ms or it's in your personal life, and face it head on. Don't stop writing. Just try really hard to work th...
The difference between wanting to write and having written is one year of hard, relentless labour. It's a bridge you have to build all by yourself, all alone, all through the night, while the world go...
If your looking to write a book, your creativity, originality and simplicity is what will distinguish you.
Just write. That's my only tip. And read. I guess that's two.
The muse is fickle; ergo, when she knocks, ANSWER! It may take a while, but trust me, she WILL knock. In the meantime, keep your ear pressed firmly to the door.
Mostly writing requires massive dedication, a whole lot of time spent alone, way too much sitting, countless hours spent thinking hard, and unending and occasionally painful dedication to forming idea...
How do you paint a writer's block?Just fill it with fifty shades of black.
When people shine a little light on their monster, we find out how similar most of our monsters are.
I think the first draft is so challenging because that elusive BALANCE is so challenging.
There is a difference between fresh and weird. You never want to throw your reader out of the story. Keep it fresh but natural.
Write as though your life depended on it.
Write what you love. Passion is the key to a good story.
There is a light at the end of the tunnel. A finished manuscript is AWESOME! So go, go, go! *waves pompoms*
The only difference between writers and people who don't write is that writers aren't afraid to display their demons.
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...
I learn from everything I do, right and wrong. I think it helps me grow as a writer and a person.