The only 'ironclad rules' in writing fiction are the laws of physics and the principles of grammar, and even those can be bent.
Don't over edit. Don't second-guess yourself, or your ideas. Just write. Write every day, and keep at it. Don't get discouraged with the rejections. Tape them up on your office wall, to remind you of...
think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to f...
I believe that fiction with its untrammelled nature, speaks to no one, and by so doing, speaks to all.
Give the reader what they want, just not the way they expect it.
When you write, you want to get rid of the world, do you not? Of course you do. When you're writing, you're creating your own worlds.
Writing's in the nouns.
All morning I lay down sentences, erase them, and try new ones. Soon enough, when things go well, the world around me dwindles: the sky out the window, the furious calm of the big umbrella pine ten fe...
A writer's problem does not change. He himself changes and the world he lives in changes but his problem remains the same. It is always how to write truly and, having found what is true, to project it...
Writer's block isn't always a problem. It can be a process of writing that helps us write better.
I recommend writing standing up from time to time. It's easier to dance when you finish writing.
You write what you know, and I know rock and roll.
In quickness is truth. The more swiftly you write, the more honest you are. In hesitation is thought. In delay comes the effort for a style, instead of leaping upon truth which is the only style worth...
Always remember that writing is an alliance between author and reader. With every line we put down on the page, we need to leave room for the reader's imagination and intellect.
Writers don't suffer from insanity, they depend upon it!
Love words, agonize over sentences. And pay
Tighten your prose so the story flows.
...and above all, you should not think of writing as a way of earning your living. If you do, your work will smell of your poverty. It will be colored by your weakness and be as thin as your hunger. T...
You gotta dig through the shit to get to the gold.
On Writing: "A multitude of improbabilities can be forgiven as long as enough plausibility has been established.
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