Certain Quote by Jacqueline Woodson

Everything I write, I read aloud. It has to sound a certain way and look a certain way on page.

— Jacqueline Woodson

Writing isn't just on the page; it's voices in the reader's head. Read what you write out loud to someone-anyone-and you will catch all…

— Donna Jo Napoli

Also bear in mind, when you're choosing your words and stringing them together, how they sound. This may seem absurd: readers read with their…

— William Zinsser

In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read.

— Catherine the Great

When I write, I see the pages in my head, not the words.

— Tom King

I'm usually more concerned with how things sound than how they look on the page. Some people write for the page, and that's a…

— Tom Waits

When I write a page that reads badly I know that it is myself who has written it. When it reads well it has…

— Gerald Brenan

I write not only what I want to read...I write all the things I should have been able to read.

— Alice Walker

Digestion of words as well; I often read aloud to myself in my writing corner in the library, where no one can hear me,…

— Alberto Manguel

The sound of words in a novel is a pretty amazing thing, and I am concerned with the sound of every word I write.

— Jamaica Kincaid

The reader's ear must adjust down from loud life to the subtle, imaginary sounds of the written word. An ordinary reader picking up a…

— Annie Dillard

Reading any piece of writing aloud is an acid test, particularly when it comes to dialogue. There were writers I'd always admired who suddenly…

— Anne Tyler