Writing Process Writing Advice Quotes

Writing Process Writing Advice Quote of the day

No art ever came out of not risking your neck.

Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination.

I'm writing. The pages are starting to stack up. My morale is improving the more I feel like a writer.

The fiction writer has to engage in a continual examination of conscience. He has to be aware of the freak in himself.

Sometimes it helps to pick out one person-a real person you know, or an imagined person-and write to that one.

Never use the passive voice. Do not say, 'It will get done.' Say, 'I'll do it, ' and then stick to a solid, unwavering deadline

The skill of writing needs much patience, practicing, and time. There is no good writing from a quick effort, or a confused writer.

...at seventeen I tried to write poetry confining myself solely to Anglo-Saxon words - don't know if it helped, but it made me more concrete ...

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

The thing I've learned is that thinking is not writing.

If a novel was a map of a country, a story was the bright silver pin that marked the crossroads.

Never underestimate the power of the written word, especially when you put them down in your own voice.

It wont do to say that the reader is too dumb or too lazy to keep pace with the train of thought. If the reader is lost, it's usually because the writer hasn't be careful enough.

There is a difference between fresh and weird. You never want to throw your reader out of the story. Keep it fresh but natural.

Get your story written, you always have the second and third draft to fix things like tense, 1st vs 3rd person, the exact right word, etc.

Develop the skill of writing to avoid errors but if you do make them, don’t be demotivated

Writing is easy. Writing a publishable book is hard.

My best writing happens when I’m fighting to produce it.

Just write. That's my only tip. And read. I guess that's two.

We will need to find people who will provide a safe writing space for us, where criticism comes late and love and delight come early.—from Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing

Don't fool yourself. Talking about writing is not the same as actually doing it.

Let your characters lead when you're dancing together.

When you start out writing, your inner creative is just a little seedling with tiny leaves above the earth, peeping out into the air for the first time.

Being a writer is not just about typing. It’s also about surviving the rollercoaster of the creative journey.

When you feel that creeping self-doubt, acknowledge it. Write down your feelings in your journal in your journal... and then continue with your writing.

When you feel that creeping self-doubt, acknowledge it. Write down your feelings in your journal... and then continue with your writing.

The writer, his eye on the finish line, never gave enough thought to how to run the race.

Writing is easy. Writing well is hard work.

Yes, writing is that easy. Yes, writing is that hard. But if you want to do it you can. Only you can stop you.