All writers have this vague hope that the elves will come in the night and finish any stories.
—Neil Gaiman
Wishful thinking
Tag: Writing
Writer’s Life
The most important lesson in the writing trade is that any manuscript is improved if you cut away the fat.
— Robert A. Heinlein
Creativity
The worst enemy of creativity is self-doubt.
— Sylvia Plath
Rejection
I love my rejection slips. They show me I try.
–Sylvia Plath
Intuition
“Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.”
— Ray Bradbury
Hold Fast to Dreams
Hold fast to dreams. For if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
– Langston Hughes
Imagination
“Imagination is like a muscle. I found out that the more I wrote, the bigger it got.”
— Philip Jose Farmer
Looking into the Abyss
The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote that when you look into the darkness of the abyss the abyss looks into you. Probably no other line or thought more inspires or informs my work.
– Michael Connelly
Wishful thinking
All writers have this vague hope that the elves will come in the night and finish any stories.
—Neil Gaiman
Writer’s Block…
