“Nouns and verbs are the guts of the language. Beware of covering up with adjectives and adverbs.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Actors are all about entrances, but writers are all about exits.” — Vincent H. O'Neil Copy Share Image
We need to boost each other to get to the top. It is much more effective than stepping on each other. — Teresa Mummert Copy Share Image
“Don't write 40k if the same story can be told in 10k words.” — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
“The secret to good writing is to use small words for big ideas, not to use big words for small ideas.” — Oliver Markus Copy Share Image
“A stellar agent will care enough to read your work, give you critical feedback and kick your butt if that’s what it… — Sarah Gerdes Copy Share Image
“Writing is work. It’s also gambling. You don’t get a pension plan. Other people can help you a bit, but essentially you’re… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Passionate attraction to someone of the opposite sex will make a hero or a fool of a novelist each time.” — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“I believe that to be an efficient writer, one must be able to write in more than one language. I know over… — Mitta Xinindlu Copy Share Image
“Deal with your readers that they are smart, and write a language that suits their intelligence. - How to write the best… — Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi Copy Share Image
“Don't let society's defined genre hold you down, be a free spirit and just write, let society be the one to decide… — Uma Nnenna 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
“You say you have nothing to write about? How do you find things to talk about? You can write about those things… — Bangambiki Habyarimana 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
“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
“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
“Style and voice are different. Style is standard conventions of writing; voice is the distinct way an individual puts words together. All… — Naveed Saleh Copy Share Image
“For writers, writing is a great activity to engage your mind, body, and life. As, you know: taking on hobbies and activities… — Prince Akwarandu 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
“Fiction though it is a fiction, should be written in a way that it feels like a reality, a reality every reader… — Arti Honrao Copy Share Image
“People keep asking me, "Where do you get the ideas for your books?" From the worst moments in my life. I call… — Sandy Nathan Copy Share Image
“There are always messages, even enigmas to be searched, mysteries to be solved in all of my books. I like to puzzle… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
“I used to be afraid about what people might say or think after reading what I had written. I am not afraid… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“That's what I love most about writers--they're such lousy actors.” — Vincent H. O'Neil Copy Share Image
“If I can write, who possibly can’t. Even drawing a line in the sand is writing” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“Introduction of deus ex machina is a tell-tale sign of sloppy plotting.” — Mike Mehalek Copy Share Image
“If Fifty Shades is your idea of a good book, you have no idea what a good book is.” — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
“Your main character not only needs a goal, she need an inner desire.” — Jill Williamson Copy Share Image
“That's being yourself. Chasing wherever inspiration goes, even if it's radically different from the thing that people know you as.” — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
“Admire the habits and accomplishments of other authors, but not to the extend it depresses or distracts you from accomplishing your own… — Sarah Gerdes Copy Share Image
“Gavin said that writing novels with a PC was supposed to be easier than writing with a typewriter and bond paper, or… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
“Make your heroes ambitious, always looking for more success and uniqueness. To write the best story you can, think of making your… — Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi Copy Share Image
“Don't believe in everything that is written. Not everything that is written is true” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“How do you feel when you read stuff written by dead authors? A visit by a ghost?” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“When I'm writing I don't want anyone else in the room - including myself.” — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
