writing-craft

The good writing ideas don__ have to be about political turmoil, mass killings, capitalism, racism, injustice, etc. Find that one idea that has deep roots in your heart.

Tell a story in lesser and simpler words.

Writing a story is like going on a date__ou will spoil it if you aren't living in the moment.

Dreams are good at playing with your memory. They love leaving no trace behind and hate to show up once again in the morning.

Don__ break the rules when you haven__ fully figured them out yet.

Be a good reader first, if you wish to become a good writer.

You must write as if Dostoyevsky himself will be reading your novel, and Shakespeare will be acting it out.

Be still my hand and let the words write themselves upon my heart. Be still my heart and let your pages be filled in silence.

I don't imagine book elitists as my audience when writing. I dream about teachers, morticians and garbage men instead.

Pursue knowledge as though it is your life-blood, then you will know greatness!

The hard part is putting one word after another.

You might say as you tirelessly said of my stories, at least of the adjectives, that I should render the evidence, not render the verdict... ("Conveyance: The Story I would Not Want Bill Wilson To Read")

...each part of a story, each word if possible, was to work frontally as well as laterally... ("Conveyance: The Story I would Not Want Bill Wilson To Read")

Comparisons deplete the actuality of the things compared... ("Conveyance: The Story I would Not Want Bill Wilson To Read")

... And the only way to find that honesty is to not overthink it.For your writing to come alive--to be multi-dimensional--you must barter away some control.

Humility is an essential quality in writers who want to write well.

I'm writing. The pages are starting to stack up. My morale is improving the more I feel like a writer.

Good or bad, words have an impact on each of us. As a writer, I can only hope that the effects my words have on others are more often good than bad.