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There is something unwholesome and destructive about the entire writing process. — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
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“[G]reat stories communicate simple truths that reflect the poetic dimensions of the human soul. Not only do powerful characters help us understand… — Kate Wright Copy Share Image
The writing process is sort of like when you've got no electricity and you've gotten up in the middle of the night… — Carolyn Chute Copy Share Image
“I gradually realized that I was seeing another example of creative ebb, another step by another art on the road that may… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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'Firepower' is the eighteenth full-length studio album for Judas Priest. That's a lot of metal songs over the decades, and the writing… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
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Creative people feel huge ownership of our content; we want everything to be done ourselves. But in book writing, there's a process:… — iJustine Copy Share Image
My books are based on the "what if" principle. "What if you became invisible?" or "What if you did change into your… — Mary Rodgers Copy Share Image
“A writer’s voice emanates from their interest and compulsions that absorbs them completely. Only by fully committing himself or herself to a… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Susan Griffin describes it as a time when "there is no intrinsic authority to my words." "I...clean off my desk. I make… — Judith Barrington Copy Share Image
“I like to skip prewriting. I love just jumping into the actual writing process. Then I revise/edit and fix what I need… — Nina Jean Slack Copy Share Image
“The irony that all writers confront and must overcome is that the writer is afraid to commence, frightened to finish what is… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
We don't think about how the songs are going to translate so much during the writing process. Once the song is recorded,… — Tad Kubler Copy Share Image
“Without entering here into a dissertation upon the historical romance, it may be said that in proper hands it has been and… — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
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