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Readers Want to Believe—Make Them

April 8, 2015April 3, 2015Leave a comment

“If you tell the reader that Bull Beezley is a brutal-faced, loose-lipped bully, with snake’s blood in his veins, the reader’s reaction may be, ‘Oh, yeah!’ But if you show the reader Bull Beezley raking the bloodied flanks of his weary, sweat-encrusted pony, and flogging the tottering, red-eyed animal with a quirt, or have him booting in the protruding ribs of a starved mongrel and, boy, the reader believes!”

— Fred East

Profession of Writer

December 30, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“The profession of the writer has its thorns about which the reader does not dream.”

— Henryk Sienkiewicz

Uncertain Territory

December 28, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“The more freedom I allow myself as a writer to wander, become lost and go into uncertain territory – and I am always trying to go to the more awkward place, the more difficult place – the more frightening it is, because I have no plan.”

— Nicole Krauss

Social Skills of a Writer…?

December 26, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“You know you lose a lot of social skills if you’re a writer. You spend too long alone. And its forced me to address that.”

— Anthony Minghella

Mined My Soul

December 24, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“It’s not that I bounce ideas off of my children as much as it is that having children has had a profound effect on the way I see the world. They have mined my soul. They’ve made me a better person and therefore a more empathetic writer.”

— Julianna Baggott

Beginning-Writer’s Misfortune

December 20, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has the misfortune of getting into print.”

— Marguerite Yourcenar

No Self-Doubt—Best

December 18, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“As a writer, you have to believe you’re one of the best writers in the world. To sit down every day at the typewriter filled with self-doubt is not a good idea.”

— Jo Nesbo

Truth Waiting

December 14, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns how to know it when he finally gets there.”

— Don DeLillo

Successful Fowl

December 12, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from.”

— Gene Fowler

Advice to a Writer

December 10, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“I never know how to give advice to a writer because there’s so much you could say, and it’s hard to translate your own experience. But of course, I always try. The main thing that I usually end up saying is to read a lot. To read a great deal and to learn from that.”

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Readers Want to Believe—Make Them

— Fred East

Profession of Writer

“The profession of the writer has its thorns about which the reader does not dream.”

— Henryk Sienkiewicz

Uncertain Territory

“The more freedom I allow myself as a writer to wander, become lost and go into uncertain territory – and I am always trying to go to the more awkward place, the more difficult place – the more frightening it is, because I have no plan.”

— Nicole Krauss

Mined My Soul

“It’s not that I bounce ideas off of my children as much as it is that having children has had a profound effect on the way I see the world. They have mined my soul. They’ve made me a better person and therefore a more empathetic writer.”

— Julianna Baggott

Beginning-Writer’s Misfortune

“A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has the misfortune of getting into print.”

— Marguerite Yourcenar

No Self-Doubt—Best

“As a writer, you have to believe you’re one of the best writers in the world. To sit down every day at the typewriter filled with self-doubt is not a good idea.”

— Jo Nesbo

Truth Waiting

“Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns how to know it when he finally gets there.”

— Don DeLillo

Successful Fowl

“The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from.”

— Gene Fowler

Advice to a Writer

“I never know how to give advice to a writer because there’s so much you could say, and it’s hard to translate your own experience. But of course, I always try. The main thing that I usually end up saying is to read a lot. To read a great deal and to learn from that.”

— Sue Monk Kidd

— Fred East

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“The profession of the writer has its thorns about which the reader does not dream.”

— Henryk Sienkiewicz

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“The more freedom I allow myself as a writer to wander, become lost and go into uncertain territory – and I am always trying to go to the more awkward place, the more difficult place – the more frightening it is, because I have no plan.”

— Nicole Krauss

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“You know you lose a lot of social skills if you’re a writer. You spend too long alone. And its forced me to address that.”

— Anthony Minghella

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“It’s not that I bounce ideas off of my children as much as it is that having children has had a profound effect on the way I see the world. They have mined my soul. They’ve made me a better person and therefore a more empathetic writer.”

— Julianna Baggott

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“A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has the misfortune of getting into print.”

— Marguerite Yourcenar

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“As a writer, you have to believe you’re one of the best writers in the world. To sit down every day at the typewriter filled with self-doubt is not a good idea.”

— Jo Nesbo

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“Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns how to know it when he finally gets there.”

— Don DeLillo

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“The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from.”

— Gene Fowler

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“I never know how to give advice to a writer because there’s so much you could say, and it’s hard to translate your own experience. But of course, I always try. The main thing that I usually end up saying is to read a lot. To read a great deal and to learn from that.”

— Sue Monk Kidd

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