--- title: "8 Writing Course Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Writing Course quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Writing Course sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b9/debi-chestnut-231887_course_it-s-all-about-the-writing-and-of-course_244945.jpg" --- > [“It's all about the writing, and of course, the ghosts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debi-chestnut/it-s-all-about-the-writing-and-of-course-the-ghosts/) [Debi Chestnut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debi-chestnut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b9/debi-chestnut-231887_course_it-s-all-about-the-writing-and-of-course_244945.jpg) > [“Every writing course I ever heard of said the same thing. Take one story, follow it through, beginning, middle, end. I don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/every-writing-course-i-ever-heard-of-said-the-same-thing-take-one/) [Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/dorothy-allison-2041_writing_every-writing-course-i-ever-heard-of-sai_523896.png) > [The one thing emphasized in any creative writing course is 'write what you know,' and that automatically drives a wooden stake through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/the-one-thing-emphasized-in-any-creative-writing-course-is-write-what/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/tom-robbins-169_creating_the-one-thing-emphasized-in-any-creative_913064.jpg) > [I was unhappy and I couldn't figure out what was the matter. And he told me to go take a writing course.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonnie-jo-campbell/i-was-unhappy-and-i-couldn-t-figure-out-what-was-the-matter-and-he/) [Bonnie Jo Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bonnie-jo-campbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/bonnie-jo-campbell-9521_courses_i-was-unhappy-and-i-couldn-t-figure-out_1152825.png) > [I was in law school at the University of Kentucky and realized I didn't really like law school, so I took a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-robards/i-was-in-law-school-at-the-university-of-kentucky-and-realized-i-didn/) [Karen Robards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-robards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/259/karen-robards-15440_creative-writing_i-was-in-law-school-at-the-university-of_1678680.jpg) > [The key thing in my becoming a writer was going on a Arvon Foundation residential writing course. I took with me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-o-farrell/the-key-thing-in-my-becoming-a-writer-was-going-on-a-arvon-foundation/) [Maggie O'Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-o-farrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/maggie-o-farrell-9276_books_the-key-thing-in-my-becoming-a-writer-wa_1774653.jpg) > [I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-reilly-giff/i-have-no-special-talent-you-know-i-never-took-a-writing-course/) [Patricia Reilly Giff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-reilly-giff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f09/patricia-reilly-giff-21913_special_i-have-no-special-talent-you-know-i-neve_2311223.jpg) > [When it comes to writers, I'm a huge fan of Ian McEwan. I've never taken a writing course, but reading and deconstructing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-copaken-kogan/when-it-comes-to-writers-i-m-a-huge-fan-of-ian-mcewan-i-ve-never/) [Deborah Copaken Kogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-copaken-kogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f8/deborah-copaken-kogan-40640_any_when-it-comes-to-writers-i-m-a-huge-fan_2894282.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-course/#itemlist", "name": "Writing Course Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It's all about the writing, and of course, the ghosts.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Debi Chestnut" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debi-chestnut/it-s-all-about-the-writing-and-of-course-the-ghosts/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b9/debi-chestnut-231887_course_it-s-all-about-the-writing-and-of-course_244945.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b9/debi-chestnut-231887_course_it-s-all-about-the-writing-and-of-course_244945.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b9/debi-chestnut-231887_course_it-s-all-about-the-writing-and-of-course_244945.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's all about the writing, and of course, the ghosts.” — Debi Chestnut", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Every writing course I ever heard of said the same thing. 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