Flow Quote by Vivek Shraya

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

— Jacqueline Woodson

I think in reading a few sentences of text you can just tell the tone, and that's something I love in prose writers.

— Lauren Mayberry

I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable.

— Don Henley

Some days writing flows like a stream and there are times I get stuck.

— Aishwarya R. Dhanush

For all forms, writing dialogue is almost like writing music. I pay close attention to rhythms and tones.

— Sefi Atta

I write description in longhand because that's hardest for me and you're closer to the paper when you work by hand, but I use…

— Ernest Hemingway

I write, fighting for every sentence, fighting to hold the reader with every paragraph.

— Hector Tobar

I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm…

— Lynn Abbey

I just write verses. I don't write all day long. When I have something that needs to be said, I just write it down…

— Iman Shumpert

I've always been very upfront about the way I write, and I've always used the tools humorists use, such as exaggeration.

— David Sedaris

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

I actually write a lot, but mostly just daily gibberish. I am a documentation addict: "I just peed. I walked down the hallway. I…

— Brian Chippendale