Writing Advice Quotes
12 quotes by 11 authors
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Don't take anyone's writing advice too seriously.
— Lev Grossman
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The best writing advice I had was [in] ‘Heinlein’s Rules for Writers’ by (American science fiction author) Robert A. Heinlein. His first rule is that…
— George R. R. Martin
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Don't say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only…
— C.S. Lewis
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All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.
— Ernest Hemingway
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Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring about the truth,…
— Anne Lamott
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Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no…
— William Faulkner
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Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report written on birds that he'd…
— Anne Lamott
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Let grammar, punctuation, and spelling into your life! Even the most energetic and wonderful mess has to be turned into sentences.
— Terry Pratchett
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It's a great lesson about not being too precious about your writing. You have to try your hardest to be at the top of your…
— Tina Fey
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Don't look back until you've written an entire draft, just begin each day from the last sentence you wrote the preceding day. This prevents those…
— Will Self
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Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think…
— Neil Gaiman
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To Grandma, for being my first editor and giving me the best writing advice I’ve ever received: “Christopher, I think you should wait until you’re…
— Chris Colfer
Who Wrote These Writing Advice Quotes
11 authors contributed a total of 12 Writing Advice Quotes as follows: