Author Tips
Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody – Who Are You?
That’s Not My Job! This is a story about four people named: Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody‘s job. Everybody thought […]
The Only Way Is Up!
The only way you should aim your life and your goals is upwards! The only way is up! Aim high. Don’t settle ever for less. Settle only for more and more and more. The only way you should aim your life and your goals is upwards! The only way is up! Aim high. Don’t settle […]
Ernest Hemingway: On Writers
All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one, you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places, […]
William Allen White: Advice to Writers
Here is editor William Allen White’s advice to writers on how to get rid of the word very in their writing. Note: This quote is sometimes attributed to Mark Twain (see attributed quote at the bottom of the page), but Twain experts have denied the quote and researchers point to the Emporia Gazette editor as […]