“A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist.”
— Vladimir Nabokov
Tag: writes
Writers, Use Your Eyes
“A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.”
— Gertrude Stein
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Learn How to Rewrite
“I didn’t become a good writer until I learned how to rewrite. And I don’t just mean fixing spelling and adding a comma. I rewrite each of my books five or six times, and each time I change huge portions of the story.”
— Louis Sachar
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A Good Writer
“A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Find the Location
“The writer operates at a peculiar crossroads where time and place and eternity somehow meet. His problem is to find that location.”
— Flannery O’Connor
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Literary Thinking
“Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.”
—Hunter S. Thompson
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Starting Line
One Word
“When asked, ‘How do you write?’
I invariably answer, ‘one word at a time.’”
– Stephen King
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Soul On Paper
Audiobooks, Your Friend
[found on thecreativepenn.com; by JOANNA PENN]
“Your book is not just a physical book or an ebook. There are plenty of other subsidiary rights that you can exploit and audiobooks are high on the list because of the rise in popularity of listening during commutes or workouts, and the increased penetration of smartphones. In today’s interview, we explore how you can get into this market.”
To read the info from Joanna Penn on creating your own audiobook, and listen to the podcast, click HERE.
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