Writing and Creating Books
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 […]
Tom Stoppard: Words Are Sacred
Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little. — Tom Stoppard, playwright and screenwriter That’s the power that writers have: To nudge the world a little. To make a difference. To make the world a little more sacred and holy. […]
Orson Scott Card: On Writing
Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any. The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing multiple explanations for everything. If you do that, all the other things will […]
Books Give a Soul to the Universe
Books give a soul to the universe. Books give wings to the mind. Books give flight to the imagination. Book give life to everything! Books give a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything — attributed to Plato, but probably not accurate. I doubt that Plato […]