“You need to take out the stuff that’s just sitting there and doing nothing. No slackers allowed! All meat, no filler!” ―
non fiction
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Create an Outrageous Minor Character
“I usually end have one outrageous minor character. He or she says the stuff I wish I had said in real life. Readers will love that character.”
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🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Keep Writing
“Manuscript rejections might tempt you to quit writing or querying.
Don’t.” ~
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ A Rule for Writers
“The nearest I have to a rule is a Post-it on the wall in front of my desk saying ‘Faire et se taire’ (Flaubert), which I translate for myself as ‘Shut up and get on with it.’” — Helen Simpson
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Getting Into Trouble
“Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Stories Surround Us
There’s no such thing as the middle of nowhere. Something is happening everywhere. You just have to find the story in it.” ~
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Born to Write
If you are a singer, you must sing. If you are a dancer, you must dance. If you are a writer, you must write. Don’t suffocate your heart.” ~
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom – Make the Reader Feel It
Don’t say it was “delightful”; make us say “delightful” when we’ve read the description.”
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🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Dive Into Your Writing
A writer gets to live yet another life every time he or she creates a new story.” ~
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ A Writing Hack
Sometimes it helps to pick out one person-a real person you know, or an imagined person-and write to that one.” ~
