It's basically an act of faith, hoping that a small idea will unspool into a bigger whole. Sometimes, in fact often, it doesn't and it just runs out of steam. The hope for me is that it will snowball....
On the worst day of writing, the work is instructive. On the best day, the act is transcendent.
Briefer is better, so learn to write tight
I have been sometimes way too attracted by my own villains because in a way they seem to hold the secret to the heart of the narrative.
Before the magisterial mess of Trevor Thomas's house, the orderly houses that most of us live in seem meagre and lifeless -- as, in the same way, the narratives called biographies pale and shrink in t...
And now, I have another good reason to speed up my baby narratives to make my author's profile appear more respectable.
I only write when the spirit moves me ... and the spirit moves me every day. William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi
The nerve which controls the pen winds itself about every fibre of our being, threads the heart, pierces the liver.
Sometimes in fiction you had to mute reality in order to make it seem more believable.
There are students that are scattered, who need to see something through to the finish, but I would say there are possibly more who do not entertain the leaps of the mind that need to be nurtured, and...
There is a difference between fresh and weird. You never want to throw your reader out of the story. Keep it fresh but natural.
Writings are thoughts in a defined moment.
Writing is easy. Saying something that would make a difference is the task.
When the work is the best work, it's more like being a secretary than it is a creative person, you just sort of take the stuff down.
I cannot tell you how important fresh, crisp writing is for an aspiring writer. Plot is great. The overall concept is super important. But the writing is what sells your work. It all boils down to the...
The only thing you really need to be a writer is time. Regular, consistent time, quality time when you're not tired. I write on the bus to and from work, that's my time, 1 or 2 hours every single day....
Do what you love...
I think of myth and magic as the hieroglyphics of the human psyche. They are a special language that circumvents conscious thought and goes straight to the subconscious. Non-fiction uses the medium of...
Writing is like bungee jumping for the soul...you take a deep breath, plunge into the abyss and hope the rope tethering you to the real world doesn't snap.
I recommend writing standing up from time to time. It's easier to dance when you finish writing.
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