“I’m ever curious about the world. I’m driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.” ~ David Baldacci
writing prompts
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Do You Have a Hook?
“Some authors, when starting a novel, imagine a place first. Others, a character starts taking shape in their head. I start with a hook, a situation, a ‘what if.”
~ Linwood Barclay
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✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Writing as an Emotional Outlet
“Let me back up a little and tell you why I prefer writing to real life: You can rewrite. A novel, for example, can be cleaned up, altered, trimmed, improved. Life, on the other hand, is one big messy rough draft.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ What is Writing?
“Writing is storytelling. No matter how you slice it, you’re saying, ‘Once upon a time.’ That’s what writing is all about.”
~ Mary Higgins Clark
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Have You Discovered Your Writing Voice?
“Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, your heart, your soul.”
~ Meg Rosoff
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Write, Write, and Write
“My advice to young writers would be to write every day, even if it is only a few words. Get yourself on the habit of writing and it will become a lifelong one. “
~ Casandra Clare
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Writing Advice from Stephen King
“Say what you mean. Say what you see. Make a photograph, if you can, for the reader.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ A Story’s Journey
“Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open. Your stuff starts out being just for you, in other words, but then it goes out. Once you know what the story is and get it right — as right as you can, anyway — it belongs to anyone who wants to read it. Or criticize it.”
~ Stephen King
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Personal Experience as the Basis for a Story
“Blind Curve, the book I’m working on now, sprang from a crazy incident that happened to me last year while on my book tour. I was pulled out of my car for a minor traffic violation – an incident that escalated into my being thrown into cuffs and told I was going to jail. Except in my story, the hero doesn’t get off as easily as I did.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Do You Love the Story You are Writing?
“You should be writing for the love of the story, and when it comes time to return to the manuscript, everything else belongs behind a closed door.”
~ Michael Koryta
