In reading we live hundreds lives, in writing we live thousands of lives.
Screw the beaten path! Do your thing. Write the best story you can. the rest will fall into place.
To master magical realism, one must make the real seem unreal but, more importantly, make the unreal seem real.
Any time a beloved character is killed off, it affects the audience in a very powerful way, especially in a series.
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...
The skill of writing needs much patience, practicing, and time. There is no good writing from a quick effort, or a confused writer.
Shut up, Ray.
Maugham then offers the greatest advice anyone could give to a young author: "At the end of an interrogation sentence, place a question mark. You'd be surprised how effective it can be.
Even great, best selling writers produce works that fall flat from expectations. This writing thing isn't easy and everything you produce won't be a best seller, but you must write anyway. You have to...
I made a decision long ago not to make any apologies. Romance rocks, and even though my books don't actually fall into the romance genre, I tout them as very much being about the romance. It's fun. We...
Poetic license is not a license to scribe recklessly.
Tighten your prose so the story flows.
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!
I've been rejected a hundred times. It just takes that one person who totally believes in you!
Read. Write. Read some more. Explore the universe through your writing. Practice and learn what moves you and what doesn't.
The size of your audience is more important than the size of your book
I practiced writing in every possible way that I could. I wrote a pastiche of other people. Just as a pianist runs his scales for ten years before he gives his concert: because when he gives that conc...
Fresh writing and an original twist on an old idea. As much as this term is hated in the industry, it doesn't make it any less true. High concept. Simply put, you take a universal concept, something t...
Never underestimate the power of the written word, especially when you put them down in your own voice.
WHILE writing, just try to have fun with your ms. Enjoy the process, but push on. Always push toward the finish line!