Write what you love. Passion is the key to a good story.
Write as though your life depended on it.
Just write. That's my only tip. And read. I guess that's two.
Screw the beaten path! Do your thing. Write the best story you can. the rest will fall into place.
Always carry with you a pen and a notebook or a journal to write the thoughts that flashes in a moments.
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...
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...
Shut up, Ray.
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...
There is a light at the end of the tunnel. A finished manuscript is AWESOME! So go, go, go! *waves pompoms*
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...
The only way to overcome fear and doubt is to go against them.
When people shine a little light on their monster, we find out how similar most of our monsters are.
Tighten your prose so the story flows.
How do you paint a writer's block?Just fill it with fifty shades of black.
The only difference between writers and people who don't write is that writers aren't afraid to display their demons.
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.
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...
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...