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“Some writers are the kind of solo violinists who need complete silence to tune their instruments. Others want to hear every member of the orchestratheyll take a cue from a clarinet, from an oboe, e...”
“Do not worry about what words to use. Worry about why this story needs to be told and the rest will take care of itself.”
“Everything you need to know about life can be learned from a genuine and ongoing attempt to write”
“She was almost felled to the ground by the extraordinary sight which now met her eyes. There was the garden and some birds. The world was going on as usual. All the time she was writing the world h...”
“Writing takes a pen, a sheet of paper and, to start with, just the shadow of an idea.”
“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.”
“Having read several prize-winning novels, Fancy was confident that she now knew the recipe: 1. Write a simple narrative. 2. Make a long list. 3. Scatter the contents of your list throughout your na...”
“This isnt a religious book though I mention God, not a medical advisory though I speak of pain. Its a circus, a mortuary, a grade school, a limousine ride. Will it be worth the paper its printed on...”
“Writingis therapeutic. It helps you cope with issues that seem gargantuan at the time.The process of expressing yourself about a problem, editing your thoughts, andwriting some more can help you co...”
“When writers stop believing in their own stories, readers tend to sense it.”
“If you are serious, and you want to make a living as an author, then you need to hustle. Period. If you can't make that quality, then you need to concentrate on your craft and practice more. One ot...”
“Then I started to think in Lipps about when I had first been able to write a story about losing everything. It was up in Cortina dAmpezzo when I had come back to join Hadley there after the spring ...”
“These scenes, by the way, are not altogether a literary device - a means of summing up and making a knot of innumerable little threads. Innumerable threads were there; still, if I stopped to disent...”
“Start with a word. A word leads to a sentence, which leads to a paragraph, which leads to a chapter, which leads to a manuscript, which leads to a book..... just start with a word!”
“I've discovered that sometimes writing badly can eventually lead to something better. Not writing at all leads to nothing.”
“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 wo...”
“I can't wait to get back to writing today so I can see what happens next Kim Cormack”
“Writing had never become routine for him, but remained a constant surprise. He was always surprised at how much fun it was, once it all got moving. And never failed to be surprised at how bloody ha...”
“Im feeling a low regarding writing. I sometimes think I should finish working on my book of stripper poetry that I started, but other times I feel like its not worth it. Sometimes I think I should ...”
“Poetic license is not a license to scribe recklessly.”
