Issue Quote by Michael Winter

The story is always better than your ability to write it. My belief about this is that if you ever get to the point…

— Robin McKinley

The story is always better than your ability to write it.

— Robin McKinley

The great thing about writing is that you always put yourself in the shoes of the character. If you're doing it right, you can…

— Peter Gould

It takes a lot of bad writing to get to a little good writing.

— Truman Capote

There's a lot of thievery involved in writing. You're breaking into other people's spaces and other people's stories.

— Michael Ondaatje

I find most 'rules' about how to write a 'good story' confining, and I enjoy writing stories that don't look like stories at all…

— Ken Liu

Writing is hard work. Generating stories that catch people's attention and holding it are very difficult.

— David Ogden Stiers

You can make bad writing 'OK,' but... you really need to start with a good script and with characters that are three-dimensional and with…

— Corey Stoll

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they dont try or give up when their efforts dont lead to a masterpiece right…

— Lauren Tarshis

Writers shouldn’t underestimate the difficulty of what they’re doing, and they should treat it with great seriousness. You’re doing something that really matters, you’re…

— David Guterson

If it's a good story, it's a good story, and it draws readers in.

— H. W. Brands

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they don't try or give up when their efforts don't lead to a masterpiece right…

— Lauren Tarshis