Chuck Wendig

Enter the story as late as you can.

— Chuck Wendig

“The Empire must fall.”

— Chuck Wendig

“Easy-peasy, George-and-Weezy.”

— Chuck Wendig

Write til your fingers bleed.

— Chuck Wendig

“Leadership can mean defiance.”

— Chuck Wendig

“All hail the light, the dark, and the grey.”

— Chuck Wendig

“Naughty business, this Empire.”

— Chuck Wendig

“A HUG IS LIKE VIOLENCE MADE OF LOVE.”

— Chuck Wendig

“(When you believe in magic, it is easy to see all the universe as evidence of it.)”

— Chuck Wendig

“Put differently, harden the fuck up, soldier. (And beard the fuck on, while we're at it.)”

— Chuck Wendig

“(Lies are like leashes. Tug them just so, and all who believe them will comply.)”

— Chuck Wendig

“Ah. I like my coffee like I like my men. Hot, black, and coming down my throat.”

— Chuck Wendig

“Vampires are slicker than goose shit on a glass window.”

— Chuck Wendig

“everyone likes to be sold easy promises, don’t they?”

— Chuck Wendig

“Rebellions work. We’ve seen it. We’ve helped make it happen.”

— Chuck Wendig

“Did you just say shrug instead of actually shrugging?”

— Chuck Wendig

“The Empire pretends it’s about law and order, but at the end of the day, it’s about dressing up oppression in the…

— Chuck Wendig

“Storytellers think they're writing for the audience. They're writing, in a way, to hurt the audience.”

— Chuck Wendig

“Write as much as you can. As fast as you can. Finish your shit. Hit your deadlines. Try very hard not to…

— Chuck Wendig

“It's probably the only attraction in Shartlesburg, Pennsylvania, a town whose name Miriam finds so funny she, well, nearly sharts every time…

— Chuck Wendig

“Question marks are shaped like hooks for a reason: they will hook the reader and drag them deeper into the story”

— Chuck Wendig

“The Empire needed no new weapons. It built the greatest weapon in the history of the galaxy. Twice. It did not need…

— Chuck Wendig

“Things happen in this life. Sometimes they're good things, and sometimes they're bad things. You have to come to terms with the…

— Chuck Wendig

“Vampires are slicker than goose shit on a glass window. Suave. Sultry. I'm neither of those things”

— Chuck Wendig

“Today is a day of celebration. We have triumphed over villainy and oppression and have given our Alliance—and the galaxy beyond it—a…

— Chuck Wendig

“Jas once heard the story that the Jedi constructed their own lightsabers and she figured, well, why can't she do the same…

— Chuck Wendig

Story matters. Writing is important. Stories make the world go around. Many things begin as words on a page. It matters to…

— Chuck Wendig

“If you're being skewered by a unicorn, the secret is: tell the unicorn he doesn't exist. If you do that, he'll disappear…

— Chuck Wendig

“Use the words that live inside your head. And if the words that live inside your head are those of a sentimental…

— Chuck Wendig

“The shelves had been stripped bare and battered to Hell, as if some super-important Christmas toy release had come and gone and…

— Chuck Wendig

“Most people don't die young, at least not here in America. Tragedy is unavoidable, but in this country, it doesn't usually come…

— Chuck Wendig

“Gotta have a head like a wrecking ball, a spirit like one of them punching clown dummies that always weeble-wobbles back up…

— Chuck Wendig

The easiest way to separate yourself from the unformed blobby mass of "aspiring" writers is to a) actually write and b) actually…

— Chuck Wendig

“The décor makes Miriam want to dry heave – it's all down-home country fun with a curious fixation on roosters. Katey hangs…

— Chuck Wendig

The story goes that every Jedi constructs his own lightsaber, and every penmonkey constructs his own pen. Meaning, we all find our…

— Chuck Wendig

“Rejection has value. It teaches us when our work or our skillset is not good enough and must be made better. This…

— Chuck Wendig

“Here are the two states in which you may exist: person who writes, or person who does not. If you write: you…

— Chuck Wendig

In my mind, only one inviolable precept exists in terms of being a successful writer: you have to write. The unspoken sub-laws…

— Chuck Wendig

Characters exist in a flat line until we challenge them - sometimes they challenge themselves, sometimes they're challenged by other people, by…

— Chuck Wendig

“Stories are like wine; they need time. So take the time. This isn’t a hot dog eating contest. You’re not being judged…

— Chuck Wendig