119 Quotes About Writing-books

The biggest difference between writing a movie and writing a novel? No one ever tries to sleep with me to get into one of my novels.

The hard part is putting one word after another.

Something is wrong with a sentence when you can delete words and not sense the loss.

Style and voice are different. Style is standard conventions of writing. Voice is the distinct way an individual puts words together. All good writers have a near-uniform understanding of style but a voice all their own.

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 other thing, quality comes with practice. If you are prolific, then you become a better writer because you are writing. The more you do anything the better at it you will become. So in a way, quantity does add to quality.

I can't wait to get back to writing today so I can see what happens next Kim Cormack

Attributing to another author, "Writing a novel is like setting a goal and walking there in your sleep.

It is imperative that your work habits from school do not make their way into your book writing process. I am talking about the practice of typing the last words just before the deadline every time you would hand in an assignment, a paper, or even a thesis. Your book needs time to mature, and you must allow yourself the luxury of rewriting and editing until you are satisfied.

Time to turn some phrases and place them on these here pages.