“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
~ Robert Frost
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✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ 3 Writing Tools
“A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.”
~ William Faulkner
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Dare to Risk When You Write
“The important thing is not what we write but how we write, and in my opinion the modern writer must be an adventurer above all, willing to take every risk, and be prepared to founder in his effort if need be. In other words we must write dangerously.”
~ James Joyce
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ The Adventure of Writing
“Writing is like a rollercoaster ride for me, an adventure. I love exploring the world through playing people who are absolutely nothing like me.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Fire Up Your Imagination
“The worst advice a young writer can get is “Write what you know.” Imagination is more important than experience.”
~ Joe Haldeman
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Trouble Plotting?
“All you need to know about plotting is twofold. 1. Give your characters goals. 2. Don’t let them reach those goals.”
~ J. A. Konrath
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Developing the Plot
I plot as I go. Many novelists write an outline that has almost as many pages as their ultimate book. Others knock out a brief synopsis… Do what is comfortable. If you have to plot out every move your characters make, so be it. Just make sure there is a plausible purpose behind their machinations. A good reader can smell a phony plot a block away. ~ Clive Cussler
