885 Quotes About Writing-advice

You have to finish things — that’s what you learn from, you learn by finishing things.

A watched pot never boils." It's the same with success. So? Throw that burner on HIGH and just keep on cooking. Dinner will be ready soon.

Write drunk (on emotion); edit sober (on rationality and intention).Faulkner, reimagined by me.

Respect and love your readers. Write for the reader.

Know something about the world, and by this I mean the world outside of books. This might require joining the Marines, or working on an oil rig or as a hash slinger at a truck stop in Kentucky. Know what it smells like out there. If everything you write smells like a library, then your prospective audience will be limited to those who like the smell of libraries.

Raise the bar. Don't duck under it.

Coincidences to get characters into trouble are great; coincidences to get them out of it are cheating.

Be daring, take on anything. Don’t labor over little cameo works in which every word is to be perfect. Technique holds a reader from sentence to sentence, but only content will stay in his mind.

The beauty of Goodreads is that you know you’re sowing in a field where everyone, by definition and self-selection, loves to read.