“If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can’t allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative.”
~ Elmore Leonard
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✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Great Characters
“All the great writers root their characters in true human behavior.”
~ Ben Kingsley
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Keep on Writing
“I’ve written about 2,000 short stories; I’ve only published 300 and I feel I’m still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he’ll eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer. ” ~ Ray Bradbury
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Rewriting
“Rewriting is the essence of writing well – where the game is won or lost.”
~ William Zinsser
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ A Spasm of Love
“It takes a spasm of love to write a poem.” ~ Erica Jong
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Listen to Your Characters
First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him. ~ Ray Bradbury
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Need a Story Idea?
“Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day.” ~ Orson Scott Card
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Descriptions
Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
~ Anton Chekov
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Use It or Lose It
Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up. ~ Jane Yolen
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Creating Characters
I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose.
~ Stephen King
