Don’t hold on to poor work. If it was bad when it went in the drawer it will be just as bad when it comes out. ~ Jeanette Winterson
writing advice
Writer’s Wisdom ~ Jeanette Winterson’s 4th of 10 Tips
Be honest with yourself. If you are no good, accept it. If the work you are doing is no good, accept it. ~ Jeanette Winterson
Writer’s Wisdom ~ Jeanette Winterson’s 3rd of 10 Tips
Love what you do. ~ Jeanette Winterson
Writer’s Wisdom ~ Jeanette Winterson’s 2nd of 10 Tips
Never stop when you are stuck. You may not be able to solve the problem, but turn aside and write something else. Do not stop altogether.m ~ Jeanette Winterson
Writer’s Wisdom ~ Jeanette Winterson’s 1st of 10 Tips
Turn up for work. Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom. ~ Jeanette Winterson
Writer’s Wisdom ~ T. S. Eliot
But nobody can tell you how to start writing. The only good reason for writing is that one has to write. ~ T. S. Eliot
Writer’s Wisdom ~ Rachel Carson
Given the initial talent … writing is largely a matter of application and hard work, of writing and rewriting endlessly, until you are satisfied that you have said what you want to say as clearly and simply as possible. For me, that usually means many, many revisions. ~ Rachel Carson
Writer’s Wisdom ~ William Faulkner
Read, read, read everything – trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it is good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out the window. ~ William Faulkner
Writer’s Wisdom ~ Margaret Atwood
Don’t sit down in the middle of the woods. If you’re lost in the plot or blocked, retrace your steps to where you went wrong. Then take the other road. And/or change the person. Change the tense. Change the opening page. ~ Margaret Atwood
Writer’s Wisdom ~ Barbara Kingsolver
The greatest challenge, I think, for the novelist is that we have to love every one of our characters, even those who behave horribly, because we have to understand them. Otherwise, they won’t be convincing. Even the worst bully believes he’s a good guy. Nobody gets up in the morning and says, “I’m going to be a bad guy today.” Well, maybe they do, but they mean it in a positive way, thinking, “I’m going to do this because the world needs this.” ~ Barbara Kingsolver
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