“Coffee Fuck you, coffee IS TOO a virtue. Do not deny me this. Do not dare!” — Chuck Wendig Coffee Copy Share Image
“He’s built like a brick shithouse made of a hundred smaller brick shithouses.” — Chuck Wendig Like Brick Copy Share Image
“Failure has to be illuminating: an instruction manual written in scar tissue.” — Chuck Wendig Failure Copy Share Image
“The Rebellion was gone, and a new government grew swiftly—if clumsily—in its place.” — Chuck Wendig New government Copy Share Image
“Creative agitation can serve you well. Embrace it. Look into that dark hole for answers, not fear.” — Chuck Wendig Agitation Copy Share Image
“The Muse is not real. Relying on the Muse is like leaning on a crutch made of playing cards.” — Chuck Wendig Muse Copy Share Image
“He was a nice guy, Jimmy, but rich or not he was dumb as a bag of retards, and smoking all that… — Chuck Wendig Nice guy Copy Share Image
“Somehow, the remaining factions of the Empire are still fueling their war effort even months after the destruction of their second battle… — Chuck Wendig War Copy Share Image
“THE HOT WATER’S a scorcher and the cold water’s like a winter puddle, and the shower offers nothing in between.” — Chuck Wendig Cold water Copy Share Image
“Stories drag you through the mud of multiple emotions and through the thorn-tangle of thinky thoughts.” — Chuck Wendig Emotions Copy Share Image
“Stories have the power to make people feel. To give a shit. To change their opinions. To change the world.” — Chuck Wendig Change the world Copy Share Image
“On the worst day of writing, the work is instructive. On the best day, the act is transcendent.” — Chuck Wendig Best day Copy Share Image
Speed is not an indicator of quality in terms of fiction. That's true of one's relative slowness or swiftness - taking 10… — Chuck Wendig Angry Copy Share Image
“Writers are made--forged, really, in a kiln of their own madness and insecurities--over the course of many, many moons. The writer you… — Chuck Wendig Forged Copy Share Image
“He can punch a gobbo so hard the thing erupts into a rain of gobbo guts, but standing in line at the… — Chuck Wendig Real people Copy Share Image
“You thought what? That because you’re a nice guy, my panties will just drop because you deserve to have my thighs around… — Chuck Wendig Fun time Copy Share Image
Writing relies on very few things, my friend. All you need to write is your brain, a way to convey the story… — Chuck Wendig Brain Copy Share Image
Let someone else take a crack at [your story]. Sometimes, even after time has passed, we're just too close to the thing.… — Chuck Wendig Cleansing Copy Share Image
“She thinks, I want an orange soda. And I want vodka to mix into the orange soda. And while we're at it,… — Chuck Wendig Soda Copy Share Image
“You grab the core essence of a true problem and swaddle it in the mad glittery ribbons of fantasy — and therein… — Chuck Wendig Fantasy Copy Share Image
“Humility is well and good but facts persevere beyond the shadow of one’s own feelings,” Ackbar says. “You saved Captain Antilles. You… — Chuck Wendig Humility Copy Share Image
When in doubt, the rule of threes is a rule that plays well with all of storytelling. When describing a thing? No… — Chuck Wendig Arcs Copy Share Image
Writing is the act of creation. Put words on page. Words to sentences, sentences to paragraphs, paragraphs to 7-book epic fantasy cycles… — Chuck Wendig Aesthetic Copy Share Image
“He wasn't supposed to feel this way. He didn't even want to feel the way he did for the dog, for Creampuff--… — Chuck Wendig Dog Copy Share Image
Nobody becomes a writer overnight. Well, I'm sure somebody did, but that person's head probably went all asplodey from paroxysms of joy,… — Chuck Wendig Born Copy Share Image
You've got all these characters and yet, you're hovering over one character like a fly over a stinky diaper. Realize that you've… — Chuck Wendig Along for the ride Copy Share Image
“Today is a day of celebration. We have triumphed over villainy and oppression and have given our Alliance—and the galaxy beyond it—a… — Chuck Wendig Celebration Copy Share Image
“It was his idea, this run. Somehow, the remaining factions of the Empire are still fueling their war effort even months after… — Chuck Wendig History Copy Share Image