writers-on-writing

I'm not gonna lie...sometimes this whole writing thing is a lonely business.

Me to Comma: I will never get use to you wanting to butt your way into my sentences -- even if you're right.

Give all that you can. No more. No less. Every. Single. Day.

I write because that is what I am supposed to do.

I know it's difficult in the beginning. But, listen. If you have the impulse to write, do yourself a favor, do the world a favor, and write.

Most days, writing simply requires work-ethic, discipline, clarity, focus, time. Other days...it will demand absolutely everything of you.

If insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results - then success is insanity squared!(2012 SCBWI New Member Conference; Richmond, VA)

Three words for a writer: Make me care.

I love Edit. He gives me tons of second chances to make things just right between us.

Grammar, you're the pickiest noun I know.

I wear the writer pants in the family.

As you near a finish line, do not slow down. Instead, run faster. Give all you have left until it is done. It is then that you may collapse.

The thing I want to write most is the next thing I write.

A writer writes. There are no exceptions to this reality. No excuses. Stop wasting time talking about your stories and get them on paper.

Don't be afraid of what you're creating.

It__ a great day to write a best-seller.

Everybody is born with a little bit of writer in them. We all come with the desire to work hard to see our creations come to life on the page. But it is those who choose to do something about this passion that has been ignited inside of them that are true writers.

I do not recommend writing a screenplay in two weeks.