“One of the most difficult things in writing a novel or anything at all is to choose the point of view from which it’s going to be told.”
~ Truman Capote
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✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ The Starting Place for a Story
“It begins with a character, usually, and once he stands up on his feet and begins to move, all I can do is trot along behind him with a paper and pencil trying to keep up long enough to put down what he says and does.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Become One With Your Writing
“If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don’t write, because our culture has no use for it.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Sit Down and Write, Write, and Keep Writing
“If you are a genius, you’ll make your own rules, but if not – and the odds are against it – go to your desk no matter what your mood, face the icy challenge of the paper – write.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Writing a Novel is Like Setting Out to Sea
“Writing a novel is like heading out over the open sea in a small boat. It helps, if you have a plan and a course laid out.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Writing is Like . . .
Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ What’s Stopping You?
When I began writing, the words that inspired me were these: A writer is someone who has written today. If you want to be a writer, whats stopping you?
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ What Kinds of Characters are You Interested In?
“It seems to me that most people are interested in reading about characters who are richer than they are.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Where Does A Story Begin or End?
“A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ There’s A Big Difference
“The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story.”
