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Writing, basically breaks down to relationships between people and that is what you write about.

~ Leon Uris

“It’s one of the things writing students don’t understand. They write a first draft and are quite disappointed, or often should be disappointed. They don’t understand that they have merely begun, and that they may be merely beginning even in the second or third draft.”

~ Elizabeth Hardwick

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“Learn about writing from reading. That is the right way to do it.” ~ Maxwell Perkins

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“My purpose is to entertain and please myself. I feel that if I am entertained, then there will be enough other readers who will be entertained, too.” ~ Elmore Leonard

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“If you’re going to be a writer, the first essential is just to write. Do not wait for an idea. Start writing something and the ideas will come. You have to turn the faucet on before the water starts to flow.”

~ Louis L’Amour

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“You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.”

~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

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“Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you’re doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.”   ~  E. L. Doctorow

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“I have reached the point where I know that as long as I sit down to write, the ideas will come. What they will be, I don’t know.” ~ Robert B. Parker

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“[S]tay focused and write what you enjoy writing. Don’t write for money or follow the trends of what might be selling at the time. Write something that you cannot only be proud of, but also enjoy the process of writing.  . .  . Most of all, make sure you have a life while doing it—exercise, teach, build, vote, explore, learn, grow, fellowship, and most of all, love. It will not only inform your writing but you’ll also be a healthier person for it, mentally and physically.” ~ Christopher J. Moore

 

“The writer’s life is one filled with creativity, sure, but there are so many other skill sets you need to practice before bringing your books to your readers (or literary agents and publishers). Keep going. Keep writing. Keep learning. Persistence and determination can have amazing results!” ~ Kris Spisak

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