S38 Bonus – Who Are You?
Caterpillar: Who are you?
Alice: I hardly know, sir. Just at present – at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.
– Alice in Wonderland
Caterpillar: Who are you?
Alice: I hardly know, sir. Just at present – at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.
– Alice in Wonderland
Your podcast content should not be about you, but about solving your prospects’ problems. – Steve Lubetkin
Read MoreIt’s difficult to write a book where a character is on virtually every page of the book but you cannot refer to his or her gender. It gets rid of every his, her, she and he. – William Least Heat-Moon
Read MoreInigo Montoya : I admit it, you are better than I am.
Man in Black : Then why are you smiling?
Inigo Montoya : Because I know something you don’t know.
Man in Black : And what is that?
Inigo Montoya : I am not left-handed.
– The Princess Bride
I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as if we’re connected. It’s great. – Judy Blume
Read MoreUse original detail in your writing. Life is so rich, if you can write down the real details of the way things were and are, you hardly need anything else. – Natalie Goldberg
Read MoreBe clear on every character’s agenda in a scene, and the agendas in conflict. Before you write, take just a moment to jot down what each character in the scene wants, even if (as kurt Vonnegut once said) it is only a glass of water. – James Scott Bell
Read MoreIf there is an essential truism in typesetting, it is that a page contains no voids, only spaces between printed elements. The essence of typesetting is regulating the size of those spaces to control the balance and rhythm between black and white. This is the key to a graphically harmonious page – one with good type color – as well as to text that is pleasing and easy to read. – James Felici
Read MoreYou may be able to take a break from writing, but you won’t be able to take a break from being a writer. – Steven Leigh
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