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
Read MoreAll 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
Read MoreKnowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. – Leonardo da Vinci
Read MoreEvery 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
Read MoreI think new authors are too worried that it has all been said before. Sure it has, but not by you. – Asha Dornfest
Read MoreBooks have a publishing standard, and every indie author is responsible to their readers in making sure those standards are met or exceeded. – Eeva Lancaster
Read MoreIn 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
Read MoreI 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
Read MoreWriting a book is like telling a joke and having to wait two years to know whether or not it was funny – Alain de Botton
Read MoreWriting 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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