“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.”
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✒️ 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.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ A Writer’s Job
“My job as the writer is to fool you. Your job as the reader is to see if you can catch me at it.” ~ Sue Grafton
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Look Within to Discover Characters
“I believe that to create real-seeming characters, the writer must be willing to go on a voyage of self-exploration. It can be revealing and even painful to explore your own weakness, but it gives you genuine emotion.” ~ Sara Paretsky
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Are You Able to Let Go of Your Story?
“I think writers can get too attached to these worlds they create, these characters they make real, so that, instead of ending the story where the story’s asking to end, they draw it out, unable to let go.” ~ Stephen Graham Jones
