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“The best way to mess with the head of your reader is to strategize the delivery of bad news.” — Benjamin Percy Copy Share Image
“The writer's silent mind is a period of intermission before orchestrating a symphony of words.” — Khaled Talib Copy Share Image
“Something is wrong with a sentence when you can delete words and not sense the loss.” — Sylvan Barnet Copy Share Image
“Every writer or wanna-be writer has ideas for books. The problem isn't finding an idea, it's choosing one” — Jo Linsdell Copy Share Image
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“Stories trace their roots to impassioned human interactions with the world. I always sense a storyline as an emotional yearning embedded in… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Writing a novel is like pottery. Your initial draft of your story is like a lump of clay. Editing is like shaping… — Monika Pardon Copy Share Image
“One author said "I write because I want to live a footprint in the sands of history.” It's hard to live a… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“You can edit what you write. Why not edit what you say? If it hurts somebody, you can still offer an apology… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“Writing a story about a place calls that world into existence. Sometimes, as the author, you accompany it for a while. But… — Alan McCluskey Copy Share Image
“Writing is not 'lonely work' but "alone work'; authors are known to be reclusive and like spending time with themselves.” — Brie Edison Copy Share Image
“Never try to keep it professional, keep it smutty, write with bodily fluids on sandpaper, and damn the men with clipboards in… — Peter Selgin Copy Share Image
“It's the witching hour once more- When the Muse comes out to play. He calls me through that magic door- Where galaxies… — Belle Whittington Copy Share Image
“... The Book is more important than your plans for it. You have to go with what works for The Book ~… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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“A writer reports on the universe. When he presents his credentials, the gates of heaven and hell are equally opened to him.… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“Being a writer all boils down to this: It's you, in a chair, staring at a page. And you're either going to… — Alessandra Torre Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the hardest thing in all literature— at least I have found it so: by no voluntary effort can I accomplish it:… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
“The power of a writer is that he is a god of sorts. He can create his own worlds and populate them… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“I hope I don't write TOO many books! When I look at authors who have written too many books, I wonder to… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Choose noble goals for your heroes. Make them Sympathize with the poor, collaborates on the good goals, always step forward for the… — Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi Copy Share Image
“I think the reason why I don't read so much, is because as I have observed, whole books all boil down to… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
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“My mother, who is a pianist and a fine artist, purchased a piano for me. Twice. This was back when I was… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Editors can be stupid at times. They just ignore that author's intention. I always try to read unabridged editions, so much is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You do not need to be temperamental or upset to be a novelist. Don’t embrace the tortured artist rhetoric that any life… — Bryant A. Loney Copy Share Image
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