“With me, a story usually begins with a single idea or mental picture. The writing of the story is simply a matter of working up to that moment, to explain why it happened or what caused it to follow. ~ William Faulkner
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✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Why Writers Write
“Writers don’t write to inform other people, they write to find out something themselves.” ~ Judith Guest
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Want A Writer’s Source for Writing Ideas?
“The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You’re there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see – every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ What is the Essence of the Short Story?
“Sometimes … the short short appears to rest on nothing more than a fragile anecdote which the writer has managed to drape with a quantity of suggestion. A single incident, a mere anecdote – these form the spine of the short short.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Want to Write Good Poetry?
“All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently, link by link, with sweat and blood and tears.” ~ Alfred Douglas
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ The Stuff of a Noir Book
Flawed characters… a ticking clock… morally questionable acts on all sides… moody, evocative art… oh yeah, this the stuff crime noir fans love!
~ Christos Gage
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Many Ways to Write a Story, But Only One Plot
“There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and I’ve used every one, but there is only one plot – things are not as they seem.” ~ Jim Thompson
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ A Way of Looking at Writing
“Writing is an act of generosity toward other people.” ~ Fay Weldon
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Why Do You Want to Write a Book?
“I want to write books that unlock the traffic jam in everybody’s head.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ A Great Example of Describing Not Telling
“He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.”
