“Stories drag you through the mud of multiple emotions and through the thorn-tangle of thinky thoughts.” — Chuck Wendig Emotions Copy Share Image
“This is not a book of writing advice. It’s not here to help make you a better writer. Rather, it’s here to… — Chuck Wendig Book 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
“Where there’s smoke, there’s usually fire,” Solo says before adding quietly, “Usually an electrical fire near the hyperspace drive, which Chewie always… — Chuck Wendig Fire Copy Share Image
“The thing worth noting with manipulators is, curiously, once you realize what they are, they become strikingly easy to manipulate. —” — Chuck Wendig 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
Remember: a story is not a vignette. It has a beginning, middle and an end. It is not merely a snapshot in… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“Writers are made -- forged, really, in a kiln of their own madness and insecurities -- over the course of many, many… — Chuck Wendig Insecurities 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
“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
“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
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 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 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
“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
“And oh, could he smell them. It wasn't just the stench of body sweat. It was the rancid odor of human meat.… — Chuck Wendig 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
“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
You can feel good about failure. Failure means you did something. You finished the story even if it wasn't what you'd hoped.… — Chuck Wendig Failure 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
“Dynamite’s not a scalpel. It’s not even a fire axe. It’s precise like a hand grenade. You don’t control an explosion so… — Chuck Wendig 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
