Asks Quote by William Zinsser

Writing is linear and sequential; Sentence B must follow Sentence A, and Sentence C must follow Sentence B, and eventually you get to Sentence…

— William Zinsser

If I have a writing problem, the minute I step away, there's a solution.

— Megan Abbott

The point of good writing is knowing when to stop.

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

“Stop writing what you know and start writing what you want to know.”

— Tiffany Reisz

My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: when you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.

— Elmore Leonard

All writing is ultimately a question of solving a problem.

— William Zinsser

Sometimes you don’t know what you're writing until you've finished it.

— Vu Tran

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

— Hector Tobar

Whenever you talk about writing I think you have to remember that it all has a big question mark over it - every word…

— George Saunders

Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.

— Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

My advice to writers is: READ! A lot. Then read some more. read, read, read, read!

— Floyd Cooper

I don't have problems starting writing. I have problems stopping. I'm one of the last dads to arrive at school to collect the kids,…

— David Mitchell