writer’s block

“Being a fiction writer is really like being an actor, because if you’re going to write convincingly it has to sound right and play right. The only way that works is to emotionally and technically act out and see the scene you’re in.”

~ Ridley Pearson

The best crime novels are all based on people keeping secrets. All lying – you may think a lie is harmless, but you put them all together and there’s a calamity.

“My books come to me in images, and sometimes the image is at the beginning of the book, and sometimes it’s simply a flash somewhere in the middle.”

~ Robert Crais

“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”

~ Sylvia Plath

“I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I’m afraid of. ”
~ Joss Whedon

“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”
~ Louis L’Amour

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
~ Stephen King

“The muscles of writing are not so visible, but they are just as powerful: determination, attention, curiosity, a passionate heart.”

You’re a writer. Make it up.