The process of self-invention is never-ending; writer, like children, are always growing into their gifts. (Susan Larson in a "Times-Picayune" book review.
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Write the ending first and then you'll know before the opening sentence that it's going to be a good book.
...it's not the medium that's the message - it's consciousness - the wonder of being able to wonder ...
Just write. That's my only tip. And read. I guess that's two.
Don't think too much. There'll be time to think later. Analysis won't help. You're chiseling now. You're passing your hands over the wood. Now the page is no longer blank. There's something there. It isn't your business yet to know whether it's going to be prize-worthy someday, or whether it will gather dust in a drawer. Now you've carved the tree. You've chiseled the marbled. You've begun.
When a solid first draft of an original tale is complete...you feel as if you could do anything.
I am swimming in a sea of words, attempting to keep my head above water.
Let life be the foundation. Be brave. Wander deep inside yourself to the little room no one knows about. Fling the door wide open and write.
I'm not gonna lie...sometimes this whole writing thing is a lonely business.
I have written until I fell asleep with my computer on my lap. That can't be normal.
Give all that you can. No more. No less. Every. Single. Day.
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.
Life baffles me most days. Maybe that's why I write. To try and make sense of it all.
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.
What is it about us lady authors and our fascination for the exclamation mark?
And I've learned to hit the brakes at these kinds of stop signs rather than t-boning a tanker truck filled with 200 proof mediocrity.