“Write as much as you can. As fast as you can. Finish your shit. Hit your deadlines. Try very hard not to… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“Storytellers think they're writing for the audience. They're writing, in a way, to hurt the audience.” — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
Remember: a story is not a vignette. It has a beginning, middle and an end. It is not merely a snapshot in… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“On the worst day of writing, the work is instructive. On the best day, the act is transcendent.” — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
Writing relies on very few things, my friend. All you need to write is your brain, a way to convey the story… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“Writers are made--forged, really, in a kiln of their own madness and insecurities--over the course of many, many moons. The writer you… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
The easiest way to separate yourself from the unformed blobby mass of "aspiring" writers is to a) actually write and b) actually… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Characters exist in a flat line until we challenge them - sometimes they challenge themselves, sometimes they're challenged by other people, by… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
Writing advice is not the product of an equation. "If you do X, then Y will occur" is false in this instance.… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
You've got all these characters and yet, you're hovering over one character like a fly over a stinky diaper. Realize that you've… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
Read your work out loud. Don't give me that look. Read your work aloud. Don't argue. Don't fight. It will help. I… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
Write like you write, like you can't help but write, and your voice will become yours and yours alone. It'll take time… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
Nobody becomes a writer overnight. Well, I'm sure somebody did, but that person's head probably went all asplodey from paroxysms of joy,… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
The story goes that every Jedi constructs his own lightsaber, and every penmonkey constructs his own pen. Meaning, we all find our… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
When in doubt, the rule of threes is a rule that plays well with all of storytelling. When describing a thing? No… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“Story should be a descent -- the feeling that there is an intense gravity to the narrative that draws you down, down,… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“Writers are made -- forged, really, in a kiln of their own madness and insecurities -- over the course of many, many… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“This is not a book of writing advice. It’s not here to help make you a better writer. Rather, it’s here to… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
Story matters. Writing is important. Stories make the world go around. Many things begin as words on a page. It matters to… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“Here are the two states in which you may exist: person who writes, or person who does not. If you write: you… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“Use the words that live inside your head. And if the words that live inside your head are those of a sentimental… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
Question the Chestnuts. Chestnuts: the new name for boobs? No. NO. Why would you even say that? Get your mind out of… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
Let someone else take a crack at [your story]. Sometimes, even after time has passed, we're just too close to the thing.… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
Speed is not an indicator of quality in terms of fiction. That's true of one's relative slowness or swiftness - taking 10… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
Storytelling is an act of cruelty. We are cruel to our characters because to be kind is to invite boredom, and boredom… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
Writing is the act of creation. Put words on page. Words to sentences, sentences to paragraphs, paragraphs to 7-book epic fantasy cycles… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
You've got all these characters and yet, you're hovering over one character like a fly over a stinky diaper. Realize that you've got a… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
When in doubt, the rule of threes is a rule that plays well with all of storytelling. When describing a thing? No more than… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“Things happen in this life. Sometimes they're good things, and sometimes they're bad things. You have to come to terms with the bad things,… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“On the worst day of writing, the work is instructive. On the best day, the act is transcendent.” — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“Stories have the power to make people feel. To give a shit. To change their opinions. To change the world.” — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“You thought what? That because you’re a nice guy, my panties will just drop because you deserve to have my thighs around your ears?… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“Today is a day of celebration. We have triumphed over villainy and oppression and have given our Alliance—and the galaxy beyond it—a chance to… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“Write as much as you can. As fast as you can. Finish your shit. Hit your deadlines. Try very hard not to suck.” — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
![“Let someone else take a crack at [your story]. Sometimes, even after time has passed, we're just too close to the thing. You don't want to kill your darlings or, maybe it's the opposite: you just want to kill all of it with cleansing fire. Let someone else confirm or veto your feelings. They'll…” quote by Chuck Wendig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/626/chuck-wendig-5165_cleansing_let-someone-else-take-a-crack-at-your-st_2228234.jpg)
