Will Shetterly

There are no rules in writing. There are useful principles. Throw them away when they're not useful. But always know what you're…

— Will Shetterly

Moving around is good for creativity: the next line of dialogue that you desperately need may well be waiting in the back…

— Will Shetterly

Is art influential? It can be - 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' rallied abolitionists, and 'The Jungle' provoked the demand for a safer food…

— Will Shetterly

The great thing about revision is that it's your opportunity to fake being brilliant.

— Will Shetterly

There've always been people in the borderland between childhood and adulthood. That state is not a matter of chronological age. It's a…

— Will Shetterly

Politics is a dirty business, but if you do not do politics, politics will be done to you.

— Will Shetterly

In fantasy, impossible things exist. In science fiction, impossible things exist and can be understood by humans. In supernatural horror, impossible things…

— Will Shetterly

Many elitists hate rap as much as they hate country, though they don't like to admit it for fear of appearing racially…

— Will Shetterly

Country music, the music of the white rural working class, has often been mocked by elitists whose understanding of power and art…

— Will Shetterly

“It is better to write a bad first draft than no first draft at all.”

— Will Shetterly

It's always good to hear that people you like are happy.

— Will Shetterly

Unless you're writing for a humorous effect, elves or space aliens and all creatures who aren't human should at least be as…

— Will Shetterly

It is better to write a bad first draft than to write no first draft at all.

— Will Shetterly