Remember: a story is not a vignette. It has a beginning, middle and an end. It is not merely a snapshot in… — Chuck Wendig Ends Copy Share Image
“A lady should be respectful," is all he manages through gritted teeth. He pitches the towel in the corner. Miriam snorts. "That's… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“Chewbacca’s back home, looking for his family. Luke’s searching the galaxy for old Jedi teachings. Han Solo’s got nothing to smuggle, nowhere… — Chuck Wendig Chewbacca Copy Share Image
“Stories drag you through the mud of multiple emotions and through the thorn-tangle of thinky thoughts.” — Chuck Wendig Philosophy of Mind Copy Share Image
“Mon Mothma walks among the wreckage, attendants on each side of her: Hostis Ij to her left, and Auxi Kray Korbin on… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“Always quick with the wit. It's your defense, isn't it? Little girl doesn't want the world to know how sad she is,… — Chuck Wendig Little girl Copy Share Image
“This city is a keg of cordylleum about to go BOOM. Part of her is proud: This is her operating at a… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“The Empire pretends it’s about law and order, but at the end of the day, it’s about dressing up oppression in the… — Chuck Wendig End of the day Copy Share Image
“Vampires are slicker than goose shit on a glass window. Suave. Sultry. I'm neither of those things” — Chuck Wendig Blackbirds Copy Share Image
The story goes that every Jedi constructs his own lightsaber, and every penmonkey constructs his own pen. Meaning, we all find our… — Chuck Wendig Advice Copy Share Image
“Life is equal parts strange and beautiful and horrible, and we’re tossed into it without a map or an instruction guide. Poems… — Chuck Wendig Life Copy Share Image
Write like you write, like you can't help but write, and your voice will become yours and yours alone. It'll take time… — Chuck Wendig Derivatives Copy Share Image
In my mind, only one inviolable precept exists in terms of being a successful writer: you have to write. The unspoken sub-laws… — Chuck Wendig Carousels Copy Share Image
Read your work out loud. Don't give me that look. Read your work aloud. Don't argue. Don't fight. It will help. I… — Chuck Wendig Agents 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
“Failure has to be illuminating: an instruction manual written in scar tissue.” — Chuck Wendig Failure Copy Share Image
“Grade school – elementary and up – is like being dropped in a dunk tank filled with starving piranha. And they never get full.” — Chuck Wendig Education Copy Share Image
Characters exist in a flat line until we challenge them - sometimes they challenge themselves, sometimes they're challenged by other people, by… — Chuck Wendig Accidents 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
“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
“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
“The décor makes Miriam want to dry heave – it's all down-home country fun with a curious fixation on roosters. Katey hangs… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“Question marks are shaped like hooks for a reason: they will hook the reader and drag them deeper into the story” — Chuck Wendig Books Copy Share Image
