Fiction is a careful combination of observation, inspiration, and imagination.
Honesty makes stories real and characters memorable. From there, taking them to where they need to go will be all the development they need.
There is a difference between fresh and weird. You never want to throw your reader out of the story. Keep it fresh but natural.
Never underestimate the power of the written word, especially when you put them down in your own voice.
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.
A major character has to come somehow out of the unconscious.
I believe you can consider yourself a successful prose writer when the number of words you put on a page each day is equal to, or greater than, the number of milligrams of mind-altering chemicals you...
How do you paint a writer's block?Just fill it with fifty shades of black.
A rain forest springs from the droppings of animals and grows greater than any cultivated garden; likewise, a great mass of literary skill springs from the droppings of writers that cross our minds th...
True authors don't write for fame or to make a name or money, they write to make impact
Plot comes from the mind but the characters come from the heart!
Only something extremely dire and disabling will ever stop a real writer from writing. Retirement is never an option.
When people shine a little light on their monster, we find out how similar most of our monsters are.
Writing is the act of discovery.
it's been my experience that most writers don't talk about their craft--they just do it
The size of your audience is more important than the size of your book
If a writer writes something that he or she has never experienced, I think the reader can sense right away that it is garbage. The only thing that can replace experience, though, is imagination; howev...
Up in that room I decided that I would write one story about each thing that I knew about. I was trying to do this all the time I was writing, and it was good and severe discipline.
I personally believe that one learns to write by writing.
Your story must told.Live a life legacy- written book or notes.This will be there for many generations to know your rich experiences and knowledge.
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