The more you explain it, the less I understand it. ~ Mark Twain
If I had more time, it would have been shorter. ~ Mark Twain
The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. ~ Mark Twain
Don’t say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream. ~ Mark Twain
Write without pay until somebody offers to pay. ~ Mark Twain
The writer who wants to tap the larger truth in himself … must forget the money waiting for him in mass circulation. He must ask himself, “What do I really think of the world, what do I love, fear, hate?” and begin to pour this on paper. ~ Ray Bradbury
I hope you enjoyed Ray Bradbury’s Writing Wisdom – All of his shared wisdom came from his book, “The Zen of Writing.”
Work then, hard work, prepares the way for the first stages of relaxation, when one begins to approach what Orwell might call Not Think! As in learning to typewrite, a day comes when the single letters a-s-d-f and j-k-l-; give what to a flow of words. ~ Ray Bradbury
Stand aside, forget targets, let the characters, your fingers, body, blood, and heart do. ~ Ray Bradbury
Remember: Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations. Plot is observed after the fact rather than before. ~ Ray Bradbury
There is only one type of story in the world. Your story. … At heart, all good stories are the one kind of story, the story written by an individual man from his individual truth. ~ Ray Bradbury
