“That’s why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can’t control life, at least you can control … More
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✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ The Basic Elements of Writing Fiction
“You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are.” … More
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ What is the Starting Place for a Story?
“I believe a story almost always grows with me from a character; a certain kind of a person who always … More
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Can You Make the Reader Feel the Rain?
“Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader – not the fact that it is raining, but the … More
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Good Writers Combine These 3 Traits
“A major writer combines these three – storyteller, teacher, enchanter – but it is the enchanter in him that predominates … More
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Worried About Having the Motivation to Write?
“As long as you can start, you are all right. The juice will come.” ~ Ernest Hemingway Source
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ How Important is Imagination?
“Imagination? It is the one thing beside honesty that a good writer must have. The more he learns from experience … More
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Are You an Adventurer?
“he important thing is not what we write but how we write, and in my opinion the modern writer must … More
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Writing is Hard Work – It’s Worth the Struggle!
“Writing is the hardest work in the world. I have been a bricklayer and a truck driver, and I tell … More
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Frustrated with Your Writing? You’re on the Right Path
“If you are not discouraged about your writing on a regular basis, you may not be trying hard enough. Any … More