“Don’t overthink it. Just write.” ~
“Write for impact first, money second. If you do it the other way around, you’ll end up with less of either.”
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The terms ‘disinterested’ and ‘uninterested’ are not interchangeable. Though, both of these words are used as adjectives, they are totally different from each other in terms of meaning.
“Creativity takes courage. It takes courage to bare your soul for the world. It’s like taking off your armor, although you know people have pointy sticks that they love to jab into soft flesh.” ~
“A writer will always be a writer. It’s not a choice, it’s a destiny.”
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Capitalizing Quotations
Capitalize the first word in a quotation if the quotation is a complete sentence or if it is an interjection, an incomplete question, or fragmentary response.
Correct: He said, “Why did you come back?”
(Quotation is a sentence by itself.)Incorrect: She replied, “you wanted me to.”
(A fragmentary response, you needs a capital.)A quotation is not capitalized if it is not a complete sentence and is part of the larger sentence.
Correct: I believe it was a “far, far better thing” to have confessed the crime.
(This quotation from Dickens is part of the larger sentence and is not a complete sentence in itself.)
“There is always, always, always something to write about.” ~ Rob Bignell
“Be true to the writer within you; tell the story you’re dying to tell in exactly the way you wish to tell it, and don’t trust anyone who tries to sway you otherwise.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
