Category: writing quote
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Friday’s Findings: The Exact Detail
“In all genres, I wait in ambush for the exact, perfect, telling detail, the thing that makes the scene or line come alive.” —Lauren Groff Friday’s Findings: Antagonistic Obstacles – Does Your Story Really Need Them? (beemgee.com) Self-Publishing Steps You Might Not Know About (jennamoreci.com) Facing Fears In Writing And Life With Rachael Herron (thecreativepenn.com)…
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Friday’s Findings: You’re Allowed to Steal
“In any art you’re allowed to steal anything if you can make it better.” – James Baldwin’s Advice on Writing. Austin Kleon talks about this in detail in his book, Steal Like an Artist. “If we’re free from the burden of trying to be completely original, we can stop trying to make something out of nothing, and…
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Friday’s Findings: Were You Meant to Be An Author?
“Finish the novel. Then write another one. And then, write another one … If you give up after your first book, you were never meant to be an author.” – Ted Dekker Writing Blog Highlights: 5 Ways to Start a Story: Choosing a Bold Beginning | Now Novel 13 Limiting Beliefs That Hold Writers Back…
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Sounds Like Writing?
“If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.” – Elmore Leonard. Photo by Alexander Kovalev: https://www.pexels.com/photo/different-hues-of-color-of-the-sky-2847648/
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Say It Aloud
“If you’re using dialogue, say it aloud as you write it. Only then will it have the sound of speech.” -John Steinbeck Photo by KATRIN BOLOVTSOVA: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-woman-using-laptop-4051170/
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Daydreaming and the Writer
“You have to actually write. Daydreaming about the book you’re going to write someday isn’t writing. It’s daydreaming. Open your word processor and start writing.” -Andy Weir Photo by Rhalf Ryan Gejon: https://www.pexels.com/photo/boy-with-blindfolded-eyes-5674427/
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Don’t Be Hard on Yourself
“You’re going to suck when you start. Sucking when you start is okay. Every new project, no matter how brilliant the idea at the heart of it happens to be, is going to start by sucking. Just deal with it, and soldier through. Every sentence is a learning experience.” -Seanan McGuire
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Friday’s Findings: The Heat
Photo by moein moradi: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photograph-of-a-burning-fire-672636/
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Waiting for the Right Idea When Writing
I just put placeholders into the text, and then at some point a better idea might occur to me—or it might not—and I go back. I have a big whiteboard above my desk, and if I have even half of a good idea I write it down on the whiteboard and see if I like…
