Writing – Page 7 – P. K. ABBOT THRILLERS

Who’s on first? Truman Capote on Writing

I always write the end of everything first. Then I go back to the beginning. I mean, it’s always nice to know where you’re going, is my theory.

—Truman Capote

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

— Ray Bradbury

“Imagination is like a muscle. I found out that the more I wrote, the bigger it got.”

— Philip Jose Farmer

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

–Sylvia Plath

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