writing questions

S17E9 – How Do I Learn to Become a Better Writer?

All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn’t your pet – it’s your kid. It grows up and talks back to you. – Joss Whedon

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S17E8 – What Do I Need to Know to Start Writing My Book?

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. – Leonardo da Vinci

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S5E9 – How Do I Help Authors I Support?

Every book, ever volume you see, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and lived it and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens. – Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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S5E8 – Is it All in My Head?

I think new authors are too worried that it has all been said before. Sure it has, but not by you. – Asha Dornfest

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S5E7 – What’s the Difference? Traditional vs. Self-Publishing

Books have a publishing standard, and every indie author is responsible to their readers in making sure those standards are met or exceeded. – Eeva Lancaster

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S5E6 – How Do I Become a Writer? Pt. 2

In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody. – Oscar Wilde

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S5E4 – Is it Okay if I Write _____?

I had to come to terms with the fact that writing about something was not the moral equivalent of doing it. I would not commit adultery, but I wanted to write a whole book about an affair. I know it sounds simpleminded, but I actually had to have a conversation with myself about this in the beginning, convincing myself that it was alright to depict this affair. – Jonellen Heckler

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S5E3 – Is Time a Construct or an Illusion?

Writing a book is like telling a joke and having to wait two years to know whether or not it was funny – Alain de Botton

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December: Writer’s Frequently Asked Questions

Writing is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. – George Orwell

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