Writing & Editing Resources
Wise words from some of the greats:
“You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.”
―Saul Bellow
“I was starting to wonder if I was ready to be a writer, not someone who won prizes, got published and was given the time and space to work, but someone who wrote as a course of life. Maybe writing wouldn’t have any rewards. Maybe the salvation I would gain through work would only be emotional and intellectual. Wouldn’t that be enough, to be a waitress who found an hour or two hidden in every day to write?”
“Part of the appeal of the fantastic is taking ridiculous ideas very seriously and pretending they’re not absurd.”
“I was a late bloomer. But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky. ”
―Sharon Olds
“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
―Robert Frost
“Don’t say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.”
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”
―Stephen King
“Don’t get it right―get it WRITTEN!”
Books on writing
I come back to these wonderful books on craft again and again. I hope they will help you too.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
Bird by Bird: Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life by Noah Lukeman
Between the Lines: Master the Subtle Elements of Fiction Writing by Jessica Page Morrell
Articles
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