Writing Quote by Debra Dixon Download Open image ““We don't like writing. We like having written.”” — Debra Dixon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Writing Writing advice
“Write even when you don't want to, don't much like what you are writing, and aren't writing particularly well.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Even light comedy should be well motivated. It’s foolish to assume that a shorter book needs any less attention in the GMC department. In… — Debra Dixon Copy Share Image
“A goal is a desired result, a purpose or an objective. A goal is the prize or reward that your character wants to obtain… — Debra Dixon Copy Share Image
“Writers write. Period. No matter how hard it is. One word after another. Sometimes the sentences spill quickly from our fingertips, and other times… — Debra Dixon Copy Share Image
“The strength of your book is your conflict. For many writers that sentence should read, “The strength of your book is your villain.” How” — Debra Dixon Copy Share Image
“Cowards and courage make for great conflict. Embodied within the statement above is the idea that imperfect heroes are the most satisfying because true… — Debra Dixon Copy Share Image
“if the thought of conflict and trouble makes you chortle gleefully and race to your computer, you are definitely in the right place. If… — Debra Dixon Copy Share Image
“External motivation is usually the most important to establish early in the book. Internal motivation can take a bit longer to develop and be… — Debra Dixon Copy Share Image
When I passed the Chancellor he arose, waved his hand at me, and I waved back at him. I think the writers showed bad… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on the environment,… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
Histories never conclude; they just pause their prose. Their stories are, if they are truthful, untidy affairs, resistant to windings-up and sortings-out. They beat… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Forcing modern speakers of English to not - whoops, not to split an infinitive because it isn't done in Latin makes about as much… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
I would drink gallons of coffee a day. Even now, off caffeine, I talk faster than anyone you've ever met. I finally recognized that… — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a… — Janice Kaplan Copy Share Image
Regardless of the criticisms I receive from the left, the right and the middle, I think it's important to maintain a prolific writing jab,… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
