When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them--then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are far apart.
on-writing
Writing is 1 percent inspiration, and 99 percent elimination.
on-writing paraphrased brevity
Writers were blessed stenographers taking divine dictation.
.. But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood.
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Most of us have a soundtrack running in the background of our lives. I access that soundtrack when I write.
inspirational on-writing
Barangkali aku hanya punya satu atau dua kehidupan untuk kujalani, tapi bukan berarti aku hanya punya satu cerita untuk kusampaikan.
If I don't write it, they can't buy it.
Stories are about secrets. We all have them. Secret dreams, fantasies, hopes and sometimes even desires. Occasionally a dream becomes reality and then maybe there are a million reasons for not telling anybody about it.
Bad writing is contagious.
I would like to tell you that I wrote my book to push back artistic boundaries. But I didn't. I wrote it to impress a girl.
on-writing humourous
If you've got a message, send a telegram.
funny humor on-writing
I really didn't write it with any intention of being published. If I'd known that was going to happen, I would have written something more sensible, because now I have to dress up as a pirate for book signings.. I would have done a novel about a man who hangs around with a gaggle of models.
MYTH: Beautiful Writing Trumps AllREALITY: Storytelling Trumps Beautiful Writing, Every Time
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Stories. Character. Dialouge. Entire worlds created on the page. Worlds that could sweep you away or frighten you, make you laugh or cry. Worlds that allowed you to escape to another country or time. Worlds built piece by piece of ink and punctuation.
storytelling inspirational on-writing
We need good titles.
Its like reading a novel, but getting to decide what happens to the characters.
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