Top Writing Advice Quotes

Read. Write. Read some more. Explore the universe through your writing. Practice and learn what moves you and what doesn't.

Write what should not be forgotten.

No good story is quite true.

If you aren't willing to put your best work out there, write for yourself. Don't ever publish.

Its weird how i dream things that are worth writing.Its like God is writing them into my mind while i am sleeping and the moment i woke up i know i have to write what i dreamt

Let grammar, punctuation, and spelling into your life! Even the most energetic and wonderful mess has to be turned into sentences.

When you're writing, don't forget to keep your favorite audience in mind--you.

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.

I think the first draft is so challenging because that elusive BALANCE is so challenging.

WHILE writing, just try to have fun with your ms. Enjoy the process, but push on. Always push toward the finish line!

Write what you love. Passion is the key to a good story.

You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.

6 criteria to upgrade literary production; Correct language, the power of the idea, the fluency in expressing, the connection between ideas and the depth of their meanings, the characters movements to...

I write to shed my sacred sorrows.

If you are serious, and you want to make a living as an author, then you need to hustle. Period. If you can't make that quality, then you need to concentrate on your craft and practice more. One other...

Any advice for how to be a successful author?""Yes. Don't be a woman. And be dead. And do both at the same time, if you can.

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...

If you're going to have a complicated story, you must work to a map; otherwise you can never make a map of it afterwards.

Writing is about allowing yourself to become a vessel of creativity. Writers are avatars of creation. We have tender hearts, and strong emotions. It's hard not to when you have a million different peo...

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.