“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
-Stephen King, On Writing
Category: Hooked On Quotes
On just sitting down and doing it…
“Don’t just plan to write—write. It is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style.”
-PD James
-found on http://99u.com/articles/7082/25-insights-on-becoming-a-better-writer
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The Reality of Fantasy
“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.”
― Lloyd Alexander
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Writing is Courage
“If we had to say what writing is, we would have to define it essentially as an act of courage.” — Cynthia Ozick
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Read to Write
“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” -Stephen King
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Fiction is Truth
“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.” -Stephen King
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You Must Write It
“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” -Toni Morrison
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Book Wanting to be Written
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
-Madeleine L’Engle (found on www.goodreads.com)
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Abandon, then finish.
“Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day, it helps. Then when it gets finished, you are always surprised.”
-John Steinbeck
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Write, then modify.
“We write frankly and fearlessly but then we modify before we print.”
– Mark Twain: Life on the Mississippi
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