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Science of Writing

October 31, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“Faulkner is a writer who has had much to do with my soul, but Hemingway is the one who had the most to do with my craft – not simply for his books, but for his astounding knowledge of the aspect of craftsmanship in the science of writing.”

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Insight into Human Nature

October 23, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“It is insight into human nature that is the key to the communicator’s skill. For whereas the writer is concerned with what he puts into his writings, the communicator is concerned with what the reader gets out of it. He therefore becomes a student of how people read or listen.”

— William Bernbach

Writer Spies

October 19, 2014July 20, 20142 Comments

“The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You’re there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see – every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties.”

— Graham Greene

No Secret to Success

October 17, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call ‘the breaks.’ In order for a writer to succeed, I suggest three things – read and write – and wait.”

— Countee Cullen

Learn How to Rewrite

October 11, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“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

Best Author Will Be…

October 9, 2014July 20, 20142 Comments

“The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Method of Exhaustion

October 7, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“I’m a method writer. In order to write about the emotion, I have to experience it. I get physically tired and exhausted, devoting hours and hours and hours to it.”

— Sherman Alexie

A Good Writer

October 5, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The Library Made Me Write

October 3, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog.”

— Sandra Cisneros

Frustrated Writer

October 1, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

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Science of Writing

“Faulkner is a writer who has had much to do with my soul, but Hemingway is the one who had the most to do with my craft – not simply for his books, but for his astounding knowledge of the aspect of craftsmanship in the science of writing.”

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Insight into Human Nature

“It is insight into human nature that is the key to the communicator’s skill. For whereas the writer is concerned with what he puts into his writings, the communicator is concerned with what the reader gets out of it. He therefore becomes a student of how people read or listen.”

— William Bernbach

Writer Spies

“The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You’re there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see – every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties.”

— Graham Greene

No Secret to Success

“There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call ‘the breaks.’ In order for a writer to succeed, I suggest three things – read and write – and wait.”

— Countee Cullen

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

Best Author Will Be…

“The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Method of Exhaustion

“I’m a method writer. In order to write about the emotion, I have to experience it. I get physically tired and exhausted, devoting hours and hours and hours to it.”

— Sherman Alexie

A Good Writer

“A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The Library Made Me Write

“I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog.”

— Sandra Cisneros

Frustrated Writer

“Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull.”

— Rod Serling

“Faulkner is a writer who has had much to do with my soul, but Hemingway is the one who had the most to do with my craft – not simply for his books, but for his astounding knowledge of the aspect of craftsmanship in the science of writing.”

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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“It is insight into human nature that is the key to the communicator’s skill. For whereas the writer is concerned with what he puts into his writings, the communicator is concerned with what the reader gets out of it. He therefore becomes a student of how people read or listen.”

— William Bernbach

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“The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You’re there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see – every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties.”

— Graham Greene

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“There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call ‘the breaks.’ In order for a writer to succeed, I suggest three things – read and write – and wait.”

— Countee Cullen

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“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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“The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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“I’m a method writer. In order to write about the emotion, I have to experience it. I get physically tired and exhausted, devoting hours and hours and hours to it.”

— Sherman Alexie

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“A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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“I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog.”

— Sandra Cisneros

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“Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull.”

— Rod Serling

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