Quotes about writ
writing fiction stories
The object of fiction isn't grammatical correctness but to make the reader welcome and then tell a story.... Writing is seduction. Good talk is part of seduction. Stephen King
writing roots airborne
I'm convinced that FEAR is at the root, of all bad writing
writing roots magic
I’m convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. Dumbo got airborne with the help of a magic feather; you may feel the urge to grasp a passive verb or one of those nasty adverbs for the same reason. Just remember before you do that Dumbo didn’t need the feather; the magic was in him.
writing very-good
Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.
writing hard-work dedication
The first is that good writing consists of mastering the fundamentals (vocabulary, grammar, the elements of style) and then filling the third level of your toolbox with the right instruments. The second is that while it is impossible to make a competent writer out of a bad writer, and while is equally impossible to make a great writer out of a good one, it is possible, with lots of hard work, dedication, and timely help, to make a good writer out of a merely competent one
writing doors water
So okay - there you are in your room with the shade down and the door shut and the plug pulled out of the base of the telephone. You've blown up your TV and committed yourself to a thousand words a day, come hell or high water. Now comes the big question: What are you going to write about? And the equally big answer: Anything you damn well want.
writing trying salami
I'm a salami writer. I try to write good salami, but salami is salami.
writing space stories
Remember that 'plumber in space' is not such a bad setup for a story.
writing important stories
The important question has nothing to do with whether the talk in your story is sacred or profane; the only question is how it rings on the page and in your ear. If you expect it to ring true, then you must talk yourself. Even more important, you must shut up and listen to others talk.
writing way lifeless
Hemingway sucks. If I set out to write that way, it would have been been hollow and lifeless because it wasn't me.
writing mood
I started writing seriously when I was about 12.I am always in the mood.
writing garden self
The idea that the creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time. ... Substance abusing writers are just substance abusers — common garden variety drunks and druggies, in other words. Any claims that the drugs and alcohol are necessary to dull a finer sensibility are just the usual self-serving bullshit. I've heard alcoholic snowplow drivers make the same claim, that they drink to still the demons.
writing snakes scare
I write about things that scare me. I've never written a snake story in my life. I myself have never written a story about snakes because they don't scare me. I write about rats because they scare the hell out of me.
writing thinking
I write to find out what I think.
writing order looks
By writing a horror novel where this inexplicable disorder takes over in our ordered lives, you make order look better by comparison. But below that, there's a part of us that responds to the Who bashing their instruments to pieces on the stage. There's a very primitive part that says, "Do it some more."
writing player rocks
When it comes to rock music, I'm not much of a player, but I do have entry-level chops. I'm more knowledgeable as a listener, and Revival gave me a way to write about rock and roll without being preachy or boring.
writing thinking phobia
I think we tend to write out our phobias.
writing language enough
I'd like to learn French well enough to write in that language.
writing thought-provoking thesaurus
Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.
writing creating house
I have never felt like I was creating anything. For me, writing is like walking through a desert and all at once, poking up through the hardpan, I see the top of a chimney. I know there's a house under there, and I'm pretty sure that I can dig it up if I want. That's how I feel. It's like the stories are already there. What they pay me for is the leap of faith that says: 'If I sit down and do this, everything will come out okay.'
writing maps pages
I don't really map anything out. I just let it happen [while writing]. But once it happens, it's always there. If it's laid, it's played. If I get to page 300 and it's not working, I junk it.
writing character
I identify with the characters very closely. At the same time that I`m outside, writing, I`m also inside, experiencing, and it can be very unsettling.
writing divine humans
To write is human, to edit is divine.
writing wish fiction
Outlines are the last resource of bad fiction writers who wish to God they were writing masters' theses.
writing pages blank-pages
you must not come lightly to the blank page.
writing dark kissing
A short story is a different thing all together - a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger.
writing two way
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.
writing should-have voice
No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.
writing school home
I can remember being home from school with tonsillitis and writing stories in bed to pass the time.
writing caring tools
If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write.
writing answers one-word
When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'
writing school people
I was in enough to get along with people. I was never socially inarticulate. Not a loner. And that saved my life, saved my sanity. That and the writing. But to this day I distrust anybody who thought school was a good time. Anybody.
writing formulas
Rewrite formula: 2nd Draft = 1st Draft - 10%.