“Good fiction writers have an instinctive understanding of human nature. That's what makes stories and characters captivating. Good spiritual writers share what… — Donna Goddard Copy Share Image
If you get trapped in your head and out of your body during the writing process, it's very easy to make wrong… — Soman Chainani Copy Share Image
I have to say that writing about my writing process is more daunting than writing non-fiction. — Sefi Atta 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
“...language always occurs in a context - you can speak Elizabethan words, but to speak the language you have to put on… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“The setting sun threatened to consume me—it could have, you know. It would have been a beautiful death with an honorable eulogy:… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“I began writing late; my first articles and stories were published after I was thirty, and I was motivated by money. Money… — M.V. Carey Copy Share Image
The writing process is very much like being in a dark tunnel, and you don't really know what you will end up… — Emily Haines Copy Share Image
The reader has information about the characters that the characters themselves don't have. We all have our secret sides. Even I come… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
I felt that in a way, I hated the writing process so much. It's excruciating, as I'm sure you know, and so… — Shane Black Copy Share Image
“With poetry and writing, the question isn’t “do you know the right words?”. The real question is, “can you make words from… — Jacob Nordby Copy Share Image
“Writing is a pitched battle with the elusive self, a contest that resultant celebratory jubilee demonstrates the writer’s innate capacity to meld… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Yeah, episodic doesn't work. Your coolest character needs something big and meaningful to do. Otherwise, well, it's just narrative shit.” — Don Roff Copy Share Image
“There is nothing that requires more precision, and purity of expression, than to write in a familiar style,' as the great English… — Matt Weiland Copy Share Image
“The writer’s obsessions are twofold. First, communicate their thoughts onto paper with a great degree of precision in order accurately to express… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
My writing process is ritualized and monotonous, but there's no other way to get the job done. All other fiction writers I've… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
“Something is wrong with a sentence when you can delete words and not sense the loss.” — Sylvan Barnet Copy Share Image
“...the most beautiful things don't always make you happy - often they make you weep...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
The changes are part of my writing process. When I write, I imagine scenes. I write things down. I take photographs. I… — Pawel Pawlikowski Copy Share Image
“I was afraid I wrote neither well enough nor ill enough for success.” — E.W. Hornung Copy Share Image
My writing process is very feedback based - I listen to the audience. I try to understand what's connecting, what's not connecting...… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
“Young people ask why I became a writer, as if it were something I decided. I didn't decide; it grew on me… — M.V. Carey Copy Share Image
The most important thing in writing process is the vibe cause if you on a roll, if you feel it you just… — French Montana Copy Share Image
