“competitive exclusion (n) 1. a situation in which one species competes another into extinction.” — Chuck Wendig Exclusion Copy Share Image
“Do that and the carbs will only drag you down, make you mentally foggy. Stick with protein while writing. By the way,… — Chuck Wendig Bacon 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
“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
“The Empire needed no new weapons. It built the greatest weapon in the history of the galaxy. Twice. It did not need… — Chuck Wendig Empire Copy Share Image
“It's probably the only attraction in Shartlesburg, Pennsylvania, a town whose name Miriam finds so funny she, well, nearly sharts every time… — Chuck Wendig Town Copy Share Image
“Things happen in this life. Sometimes they're good things, and sometimes they're bad things. You have to come to terms with the… — Chuck Wendig Bad thing 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 Empire Copy Share Image
“Most people don't die young, at least not here in America. Tragedy is unavoidable, but in this country, it doesn't usually come… — Chuck Wendig Children 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
Writing advice is not the product of an equation. "If you do X, then Y will occur" is false in this instance.… — Chuck Wendig Advice Copy Share Image
“Gotta have a head like a wrecking ball, a spirit like one of them punching clown dummies that always weeble-wobbles back up… — Chuck Wendig Clown Copy Share Image
“If you're being skewered by a unicorn, the secret is: tell the unicorn he doesn't exist. If you do that, he'll disappear… — Chuck Wendig Lucky charms Copy Share Image
“Use the words that live inside your head. And if the words that live inside your head are those of a sentimental… — Chuck Wendig Brain damage Copy Share Image
“The shelves had been stripped bare and battered to Hell, as if some super-important Christmas toy release had come and gone and… — Chuck Wendig Shelves Stripped Copy Share Image
Story matters. Writing is important. Stories make the world go around. Many things begin as words on a page. It matters to… — Chuck Wendig Accelerate 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
“Rejection has value. It teaches us when our work or our skillset is not good enough and must be made better. This… — Chuck Wendig Ask yourself Copy Share Image
“Write as much as you can. As fast as you can. Finish your shit. Hit your deadlines. Try very hard not to… — Chuck Wendig Write Copy Share Image
“Storytellers think they're writing for the audience. They're writing, in a way, to hurt the audience.” — Chuck Wendig Audience 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
“Jas once heard the story that the Jedi constructed their own lightsabers and she figured, well, why can't she do the same… — Chuck Wendig Lightsabers Figured Copy Share Image