Advice Quotes
...it's good to know wave and particle alpha code, but more than that, the writer must go to the heart of life ...
Storytelling is in our DNA. It's what differentiates humans from other species: we don't just communicate information. We tell stories.
...if you want your own distinctive voice, you first have to become someone...
I hate dialect. It gets in the way. If there is a need for dialect, you can render it quite easily by reproducing the rythm of that form of speech. Then you don't need to bother with silly spellings
Write about only three things: what you love, what you hate, and what you’re deeply conflicted about.
You can only write regularly if you’re willing to write badly… Accept bad writing as a way of priming the pump, a warm-up exercise that allows you to write well.
When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away even if it's only a glass of water.
Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like all-embracing compassion.
What I am trying to achieve is a voice sitting by a fireplace telling you a story on a winter’s evening.
Writer's block, for me, is merely a way of saying "I'm too lazy to sit down and give it the proper time." I want to be a progressive writer, not a lazy one.
...my writing is a wild mustang - more thunderous than a lightning storm -and all my skill which I call art, is devoted to simply staying on...
I tell everyone who asks me about writing...almost everyone has an idea for a book, and some even have a great ending, but it's that 290 or so pages in between that are tough!
Never say you can't be a writer or a script writer, remember how well, characters in your dreams said their dialogues.
Writing a full length novel is very much like driving a car with snakes in your pants—you just never know what’s going to happen. -- James Scott Bell
The most basic rule of editing is that if you can’t bear to read it, no one else can either. So when you find yourself skimming, commit murder.
Deal with your readers that theyare smart, and write a language thatsuits their intelligence.- How to write the best story-
Good writing demands self-discipline and constant learning
Giving is an act of generosity.Giving is sowing a seed.The seed will produce great harvest of fruits.
People say that writers write for money. From my own experience that's not true. I write for me. I publish for money.
Don’t assume your partner knows about everything you expect in a relationship. Let them know. A relationship should be based on communication, not on assumptions.
Nouns and verbs are the guts of the language. Beware of covering up with adjectives and adverbs.
Remember: when people tell you something's wrong or doesn't work, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what's wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong.
Shared beliefs and values form the heart of every successful relationship and ultimately determine its success.
Make today the day you begin that awesome idea you have had for years. Now go, write this book, and remember that today is an important day in history.
The ‘do nothing everything will be all right’ default plan is determined by the IRS and government.
Financial illiteracy is like being in a rain storm and trying to jump in between the raindrops... eventually it all catches you at the same time.
Time is the one resource we cannot manufacture or recapture."PLAN | PROMOTE | PROFIT © 2001 - 2016
Biographies are best when written chronologically. Boring people don't make for good biographies.
Tell it fast before you get scared and silence yourself. You’ll never wish you’d held back a little more.
CRM is rather boring in itself. It's the fortune you can make using CRM that makes it so interesting.
