Read a ton, write every day if you can, and don't mimic another writer's style. Find your own voice.

I guess I write four or five hours a day, but I do it seven days a week. It's very disciplined, yes, but it's joy for me.

Stop trying to write sentences and start trying to write stories.

I write larger than life. It's what I do.

When I write I pretend I'm telling a story to someone in the room and I don't want them to get up until I'm finished.

I have a number of writers I work with regularly. I write an outline for a book. The outlines are very specific about what each scene is supposed to accomplish.

I'm big on having a blistering pace. That's one of the hallmarks of what I do, and that's not easy. I never blow up cars and things like that, so it's something else that keeps the suspense flowing. I try not to write a chapter that isn't going to turn on the movie projector in your head.

Hey. Not sure what’s going on-gonna go find out. Be careful and don’t do anything stupid. Don’t come after me-your better on your own. See you. F I sat on the edge of the bed, holding the note. Okay, so Fang had looked up vague in the dictionary and this was what it had said to write.

If you want to write for yourself, get a diary. If you want to write for your friends, get a blog. If you want to write for others...become an author.