Writing can be hell. If that doesn’t deter you, then keep at it.
– Steph Post
Tag: writing
Quotable 379
One must be ruthless with one’s own writing or someone else will be.
– John Berryman
Quotable 378
Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That’s why it’s so hard.
– David McCullough
Quotable 368
Writing teaches writing.
– John McPhee
Quotable 354
Writing a book is like playing a chess game against your conscious, your subconscious, and your doubt all at the same time.
– Victoria Schwab
Quotable 352
Word choice stands at the center of the practice of writing. This is particularly true for poetry, and even more so for haiku. Simply put, the choice of a word can make or break a poem.
– David Grayson
Quotable 344
Learn spelling and grammar because no matter how well you write, if your mechanics are lousy, so is your writing.
– Nat Segaloff
Quotable 342
Writing is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.
– Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Quotable 339
Honestly, everything I’ve learned about fiction, I’ve learned from writing it and reading it.
– Peter Tzinski
Quotable 338
I try as much as possible when writing not to think about my audience and write as good a story as I can.
– Justine Larbalestier