“Just get it down on paper, and then we’ll see what to do with it.” — Maxwell Perkins Copy Share Image
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“On Writing: "A multitude of improbabilities can be forgiven as long as enough plausibility has been established.” — Danielle Ackley-McPhail Copy Share Image
“All great stories began as shitty first drafts. There are no exceptions to this.” — M. Kirin Copy Share Image
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“Don't let yourself slip and get any perfect characters... keep them people, people, people, and don't let them get to be symbols.” — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Let grammar, punctuation, and spelling into your life! Even the most energetic and wonderful mess has to be turned into sentences. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“To be a writer, you must write. To be a published writer you must finish what you write and then get what… — George H. Scithers Copy Share Image
“I believe that we don't choose our stories," she began, leaning forward. "Our stories choose us." She paused and took a sip… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“I will continue to write moral stories in rhymed couplets. But I should be thrice a fool if I did it for… — William Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“Your passion as an artist is a magnet that draws you at all times, but if you don’t follow, it will suffocate… — Pawan Mishra Copy Share Image
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“Ten good lines out of four hundred, Emily—comparatively good, that is—and all the rest balderdash—balderdash, Emily." "I—suppose so," said Emily faintly. Her… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
“Fiction should be in its way subversive. I don't think books should be neat or gentle or genteel or comforting. I think… — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
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The best writing advice I had was [in] ‘Heinlein’s Rules for Writers’ by (American science fiction author) Robert A. Heinlein. His first… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
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There will always be people who are much better at doing this or doing that, but you are the only you. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
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