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...
Plot comes from the mind but the characters come from the heart!
The only way to overcome fear and doubt is to go against them.
TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO MAKE ART.
Being a writer all boils down to this: It's you, in a chair, staring at a page. And you're either going to stay in that chair until words are written, or you're going to give up and walk away. The gre...
Fiction is a careful combination of observation, inspiration, and imagination.
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...
The art of writing involves making as many cups of tea as you can in the time available for writing. Then adding extra time for writing...
You have to simply love writing, and you have to remind yourself often that you love it.
Writing is like surfing on a wild sea, in the middle of a moonless night, in a hailstorm, on a deserted island.Yeah... that about sums it up.
Dreams are there for those who dare to dream them.
I shall be as brief as I can, for it is not by piling up detail that I hope to achieve my picture, but by putting the emphasis where I think it belongs.
ALWAYS hook a reader. If a detail is unnecessary, it doesn't belong in your work, long or short! Make everything intriguing. If you have to describe a desk, make it awesome.
One of the hardest things for a writer to do is delete words.
Write what should not be forgotten.
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.
The greater the artist, the greater the doubt.
Writing at its best is simply taking dictation from your soul.
You were meant to write this book.
The highest duty of the writer is to remain true to himself and let the chips fall where they may. In serving his vision of the truth the artist best serves his nation.