poems

“Prefer the familiar word to the far-fetched. Prefer the concrete word to the abstract. Prefer the single word to the circumlocution. Prefer the short word to the long. Prefer the Saxon word to the Romance.” ― Henry Fowler

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Let your characters lead when you’re dancing together.” ― Caron Kamps Widden

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“But if you don’t understand that story is character and not just idea, you will not be able to breathe life into even the most intriguing flash of inspiration.” 

― Elizabeth George

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“In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could to any person; I create myself.The journal is a vehicle for my sense of selfhood. It represents me as emotionally and spiritually independent. Therefore (alas) it does not simply record my actual, daily life but rather — in many cases — offers an alternative to it.” —Susan Sontag

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“There’s no rule for better writing. It’s best to make your own rules, and see what works best for you.” ― Tarang Sinha

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“Keep a notebook. Travel with it, eat with it, sleep with it. Slap into it every stray thought that flutters up into your brain. Cheap paper is less perishable than gray matter. And lead pencil markings endure longer than memory.” —Jack London

“I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you MUST write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter won’t let you go. It’s not enough to write simply because you think it would be neat to be published. You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.” ― Rick Riordan

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“Others may write from the head, but he writes from the heart, and the heart will always understand him.”― Washington Irving,

‘You need to take out the stuff that’s just sitting there and doing nothing. No slackers allowed! All meat, no filler!” ― Stephen King

“Write about only three things: what you love, what you hate, and what you’re deeply conflicted about.” ― Marlon James

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