885 Quotes About Writing-advice

I thought you could beat, pummel, and thrash an idea into existence. Under such treatment, of course, any decent idea folds up its paws, turns on its back, fixes its eyes on eternity, and dies.

... when editors were flattered, they would sometimes give in on some of their mad ideas.

You are going to feel like hell if you never write the stuff that is tugging on the sleeves in your heart--your stories, visions, memories, songs: your truth, your version of things, in your voice. That is really all you have to offer us, and it's why you were born.

[on scene execution] Interesting isn't the point...storytelling momentum and relevance is.

Rule #1: Writing is for the creative brain. Editing is for the critical brain. Separate them appropriately.

Ultimately, then, creativity and originality lie not in the avoidance of established forms but in the imaginative use of them.

WHILE writing, just try to have fun with your ms. Enjoy the process, but push on. Always push toward the finish line!

Read. Write. Read some more. Explore the universe through your writing. Practice and learn what moves you and what doesn't.

I think the first draft is so challenging because that elusive BALANCE is so challenging.