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Where Stephen King gets his ideas QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like...
So where do the ideas—the salable ideas—come from? They come from my nightmares. Not the night-time variety, as a rule, but the ones that hide just beyond the doorway that … Continue reading →
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Don’t expect the puppets of your mind to turn into people on the page…QUOTES...
Don’t expect the puppets of your mind to become the people of your story. If they are not realities in your own mind, there is no mysterious alchemy in ink … Continue reading →
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What kind of creature is a short story writer? Author Joseph O’ Connor is...
What kind of strange creature is a short story writer? I must confess that I don’t know. A high priest or priest of art? A wounded soul who can’t understand … Continue reading →
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Writing Quote Number 1 from the Archives
If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an … Continue reading →
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Writing Quotes Number 3 from the Archives
Aside from heavy drinking, the creation of lists is the most effective temporary form of anxiety relief that I know of, and, as a bonus, it’s substantially cheaper and results … Continue reading →
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What fantasy can do for you – Terry Pratchett QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people...
Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Terry Pratchett Advertisements Filed under: Quotes Tagged: fantasy, … Continue reading →
View ArticleThis is what separates artists from ordinary people…Anne Lamott QUOTES FOR...
You are lucky to be one of those people who wishes to build sand castles with words, who is willing to create a place where your imagination can wander. We … Continue reading →
View ArticleLeo Tolstoy on light and shadow QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow. Leo Tolstoy Advertisements
View ArticleThe advantage of being an older writer – Susan Hill QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and...
Getting old has advantages as well as disadvantages. it may mean that you are freed from obligations – work, bringing up children, looking after older relatives – that left you … Continue reading →
View ArticleThey’re all worth reading – Stephen King QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who...
Every book you pick up has its own lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones. Stephen King Advertisements
View ArticleIn hard times we need writers who can be realists of a larger reality…says...
Hard times are coming, when we’ll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive … Continue reading →
View ArticleWriting slow “so that I can look back on what sort of botch I made…” William...
..I write slowly because I write badly. I have to rewrite everything many, many times just to achieve mediocrity. Time can give you a good critical perspective, and I often … Continue reading →
View ArticleWhy Books are just perfect – Stephen King QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn’t carry a book around for those inevitable … Continue...
View ArticleWhat You Learn from Reading Aloud – David Perez QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Reading aloud engages the senses, makes us think of rhythm, narrative flow, and stillness; connects us with how our words truly sound. Reading aloud slows us down. When we read … Continue reading →
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