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Tag: Writing

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

James Michener
Posted on April 7, 2021April 3, 2021Categories Reflections, WritingTags language, words, WritingLeave a comment on The swirl and swing of words

Poisoned by emotion…

Edna Ferber and James Dean on the set of Giant
Edna Ferber and James Dean on the set of Giant

I think that to write well and convincingly, one must be somewhat poisoned by emotion. Dislike, displeasure, resentment, fault-finding, imagination, passionate remonstrance, a sense of injustice—they all make fine fuel.

—Edna Ferber

Posted on April 6, 2021April 3, 2021Categories Reflections, WritingTags emotions, experience, WritingLeave a comment on Poisoned by emotion…

Ideas are like rabbits…

A warren of rabbits eating.

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

—John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
Posted on April 3, 2021March 27, 2021Categories Reflections, WritingTags ideas, Steinbeck, WritingLeave a comment on Ideas are like rabbits…

Writer’s Block…

…when your imaginary friend refuses to talk to you.

Posted on April 2, 2021March 27, 2021Categories HumorTags Humor, WritingLeave a comment on Writer’s Block…

A Writer’s Power

The writer, Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis

Writers have a rare power not given to anyone else: we can bore people long after we are dead.

—Sinclair Lewis

Posted on April 1, 2021February 22, 2021Categories Humor, Reflections, WritingTags Humor, Sinclair Lewis, WritingLeave a comment on A Writer’s Power

Suspicious…

Alfred Hitchcock

I’m a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.

—Alfred Hitchcock

Posted on March 31, 2021March 27, 2021Categories Reflections, WritingTags WritingLeave a comment on Suspicious…

Like driving a car…

Photo of E. L. Doctorow
E. L. Doctorow

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

Posted on March 30, 2021March 27, 2021Categories Reflections, WritingTags Writing, writing lifeLeave a comment on Like driving a car…

And then Satan said…

And then Satan said, "Make them write a synopsis."

And then Satan said, “Make them write a synopsis.”

…if you’ve ever self-published a book, you know what this means. Thank you, Elisabeth Wheatley.

Posted on March 29, 2021March 27, 2021Categories Humor, Reflections, WritingTags Humor, WritingLeave a comment on And then Satan said…

First Draft

Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett

The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.

– Terry Pratchett

John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck

Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down.

—John Steinbeck

Posted on March 27, 2021March 20, 2021Categories Reflections, WritingTags Writing, writing lifeLeave a comment on First Draft

Description

Stephen King
Stephen King

Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.

—Stephen King

Posted on March 26, 2021March 20, 2021Categories Reflections, WritingTags Stephen King, Writing2 Comments on Description

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