Good writing just isn't that common.
A really well-done first draft of a book bares your soul. The purpose of revision is so that everyone who reads the published version believes you were writing about theirs.
Hamlet' dwarfs 'Hamilton' - it dwarfs pretty much everything - but there's a revealing similarity between them. Shakespeare's longest play leaves its audience in the dark about some basic and seemingl...
This is the secret to mastering any discipline: as you conquer one, you'll find it easier to tackle another.
You cannot be a great writer in a shop where words are sold in tens and twenties.
Writing is for men who can think and feel, not mindless sensation seekers out of nightclubs and bars. But these are bad times. We are condemned to work with upstarts, clowns who no doubt got their tra...
If your writing doesn't keep you up at night, it won't keep anyone else up either
While I'm writing, I'm far away;and when I come back, I've gone.
I can fix a bad page. I can't fix a blank page.
Part of being a writer is defending your vision and not caving in to outside pressures.
Words are the bones. Writing is the lungs. Reading is like breathing.
Writer's block? I've never heard of a plumber complain about plumber's block.
There's no right way of writing. There's only your way.
Begin your writing, fiction or article, where the action begins. This action can be internal (e.g., an important insight or personal decision) or external (e.g., a murder or calamity). Begin too early...
Good fiction makes the truth believable.
Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil. J.Paul Getty
A successful story always offers its audience more than a simple resolution of events. A story offers a dramatic affirmation of human needs that are acted out to resolution and fulfillment. Even when...
You can't have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.
I just write whenever I can.
Chapter one is where you reach out your hand to the reader and say, "Come, let's have an adventure together.
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