writing prompts

“I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We’re still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends.”

~ Ian Rankin

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“I think a lot of young aspiring writers get misdirected; they think ‘I ought to write this, even though I enjoy reading that’. What you have to do is write what you enjoy reading.”

“I need to write in a small room – the smaller the better. I can’t write in a big room where someone might sneak up behind my back.” ~ Douglas Preston

“I can’t write a scene unless I’ve visualized it. Unless I can actually see it, and that’s why a lot of reviewers have said my books are very cinematic, because I actually do see them before I write them.”

~ Eric Van Lustbader

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“If you’re going to be a writer, the first essential is just to write. Do not wait for an idea. Start writing something and the ideas will come. You have to turn the faucet on before the water starts to flow.” ~ Louis L’Amour

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“Let passion be your muse. Let her guide and teach you to trust your instincts.”

“A story should be like a river, flowing and never stopping, your readers passengers on a boat, whirling downstream through constantly refreshing and changing scenery.”

“If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go into business, because we’d be cynical. Well, that’s nonsense. You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.”

~ Ray Bradbury

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“When you write – explode – fly apart – disintegrate! Then give time enough to think, cut, rework, and rewrite.”

~ Ray Bradbury

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“Don’t let people interfere with you. Boot ’em out, turn off the phone, hide away, get it done. If you carry a short story over to the next day you may overnight intellectualize something about it and try to make it too fancy, try to please someone.”