To Hell With It All but only if…Colum MCann QUOTES FOR WRITERS

To hell with grammar, but only if you know the grammar first. To hell with formality, but only if you have learned what it means to be formal. To hell with plot, but you had better at some stage make something happen. To hell with structure, but only if you have thought it through so thoroughly that you can safely walk through your work with your eyes closed.
Colum McCann writing in The Guardian

Photo Credit Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

2 comments on “To Hell With It All but only if…Colum MCann QUOTES FOR WRITERS”

1. Rae Longest

   April 18, 2021

   

   Important to remember .

   Reply
   • bridget whelan

     April 19, 2021

     

     Especially the “but only if” part, Rae!

     Reply

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