“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
poems
🖋 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.” ~
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Writing at its Best
“Writing at its best is simply taking dictation from your soul.”
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✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ A Writer’s Job
“My job as a writer is simple. Write a book I’m proud of, and present it as a gift to the world.
Some will love it.
Some will hate it.
That’s the nature of art.”
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✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Characters & Challenges
“A character is defined by the kinds of challenges he cannot walk away from.”
~ Arthur Miller
