on Writing
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 […]
Henry Miller on Writing
Writing, like life itself, is a voyage of discovery. — Henry Miller Writing, like life itself, is a voyage of discovery. — Henry Miller #writers #authors #writing Click To Tweet
Ray Bradbury on Letting the Beautiful Stuff Out
Here is a wonderful quote from science fiction author Ray Bradbury on writing. We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out. — Ray Bradbury, science fiction author We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how […]
T. S. Eliot on Writing
The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. — T.S. Eliot To write great novels (or even great nonfiction), you need to draw deep from within yourself so you truly connect with your reader. Eliot calls this turning blood into ink. I call it writing from the soul. No matter what you write, […]