“Writing is a job, a talent, but it’s also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.”
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✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Create Your Writing Path
“Don’t try to follow in my footsteps. Make your own footsteps! No one else can tell the stories that are inside of you except for you.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ The Starting Place for a Novel
“Every novel starts with a theme, and I am constantly looking for big ideas.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Free the Child Inside
“I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We’re still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Believe in Yourself
“As a writer, you have to believe you’re one of the best writers in the world. To sit down every day . . . filled with self-doubt is not a good idea.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Hook the Reader from the Start
“As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero’s plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives on the line for something – a belief, a family member, the truth.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Become Open to Possibilities
“You have only so many chances to tell stories. I didn’t want to be forever wedded to one form of storytelling when there are so many out there.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ How to Keep a Reader’s Interest
I want to tell a story that makes the reader always want to see what will happen next.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ When a Story becomes a Story
“The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Importance of Passion and Joy in Writing
“If your writing doesn`t keep you up at night, it won`t keep anyone else up either”.