Louise Glück on not knowing if the silence will end… QUOTES FOR WRITERS
I go through two, three years writing nothing. Zero. Not a sentence. Not bad poems I discard, not notes toward poems. Nothing. And you don’t know in those periods that … Continue reading
What makes Life possible by Ursula K. LeGuin QUOTES FOR WRITERS
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next. Ursula K LeGuin Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash
The attraction of the edge – E.L.Doctorow QUOTES FOR WRITERS
We’re always attracted to the edges of what we are, out by the edges where it’s a little raw and nervy.E.L.Doctorow Photo by Trent Yarnell on Unsplash
…The world is a million possible things…Terry Gilliam QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Well, I really want to encourage a kind of fantasy, a kind of magic. I love the term magic realism, whoever invented it — I do actually like it because it says certain … Continue reading
Shirley Jackson on the best thing about being a writer QUOTES FOR WRITERS
The very nicest thing about being a writer is that you can afford to indulge yourself endlessly with oddness, and nobody can really do anything about it, as long as … Continue reading
Don’t waste time trying to perfect your beginning – says novelist Elizabeth Enfield QUOTES FOR WRITERS
The beginning has to anticipate and reflect what happens in the rest of the book and often you don’t know this until you have reached the end of the first … Continue reading
Getting back to basics with your story – Joanne Harris QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Keep thinking about what’s most important in your story. Is it a character, an incident, a relationship? Whatever it is, it should feature in your story’s opening. You’re taking the … Continue reading
Celebrating the wonderful technology of a book – E.L.Doctorow QUOTES FOR WRITERS
A physical book is great technology if you think about it. Once it’s produced it doesn’t use up any energy, and if you take decent care of it, it will … Continue reading
Fantasy and Science Fiction are absorbed with now – Brandon Sanderson QUOTES FOR WRITERS
People say science fiction looks to the future, fantasy looks at the past. But the truth is both of them look at the now, just through different metaphorical lenses. Brandon Sanderson … Continue reading
The difference between journalism and fiction Garcia Marquez QUOTES FOR WRITERS
In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That’s the … Continue reading
Writers, ever had this feeling? Vladimir Nabokov QUOTES FOR WRITERS
The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible. Vladimir Nabokov Picture credit: Image … Continue reading
Don’t wait to write – Henry David Thoreau QUOTES FOR WRITING
Write while the heat is in you. … The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with.Henry David Thoreau … Continue reading
Ray Bradbury’s Definition of Plot QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Remember: Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinationsRay Bradbury Photo by Josh Hild on Unsplash
Fred East reveals why Show Don’t Tell is good advice…QUOTES FOR WRITERS
If you tell the reader that Bull Beezley is a brutal-faced, loose-lipped bully, with snake’s blood in his veins, the reader’s reaction may be, ‘Oh, yeah!’ But if you show … Continue reading
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