Writing – Page 4 – P. K. ABBOT THRILLERS

The swirl and swing of words

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.

—James Michener

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.

– George R. R. Martin

The writer’s job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

—Vladimir Nabokov

Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

—E. L. Doctorow

All writers have this vague hope that the elves will come in the night and finish any stories.

—Neil Gaiman

Support your writers on their writing journeys!

The most important lesson in the writing trade is that any manuscript is improved if you cut away the fat.

— Robert A. Heinlein

The worst enemy of creativity is self-doubt.

— Sylvia Plath

I love my rejection slips. They show me I try.

–Sylvia Plath

“Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.”

— Ray Bradbury