Writing – Page 7 – P. K. ABBOT THRILLERS

Scars

Talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.

—Stephen King

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

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

Ideas are like rabbits…

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

—John Steinbeck

Writer’s Block…

…when your imaginary friend refuses to talk to you.

A Writer’s Power

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

—Sinclair Lewis

Suspicious…

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

—Alfred Hitchcock

Like driving a car…

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

And then Satan said…

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.

First Draft

The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.

– Terry Pratchett

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

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