Achieve Quote by Barbara Tuchman

There's a perception that good writing is writing which runs smoothly. But smooth-running prose can work against what you're trying to express in a…

— Katie Kitamura

I found it incredibly challenging to write clear prose that had the dynamism that I wanted.

— Alex Lemon

Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice - it makes it seem easy.

— Michael Arndt

Nothing is more satisfying than to write a good sentence.

— Barbara Tuchman

I am not a great fan of serious, heavy writing. I prefer simple, short sentences, light on prose.

— Ravi Subramanian

Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time.…

— William Zinsser

Whatever I'm doing, I try to write well. I try to give the reader a nice, clean well-written surface, where the writing is transparent.…

— Shelby Steele

No writing is a waste of time – no creative work where the feelings, the imagination, the intelligence must work. With every sentence you…

— Brenda Ueland

I think that if you have a knack for storytelling, and you work really hard at it, you'll have a chance to tap into…

— Adam Ross

A recurring ideal, I find, is that of simplicity. At times there comes the desire to write with great precision and clarity, words so…

— R. S. Thomas

Good prose almost always requires both showing and telling, scenes and summary, the two basic components of creative prose.

— Laurie Alberts

It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a…

— George Orwell