“Write about what you know, and what do you know better than your own secrets?” ~ Raymond Carver

“The main reason for rewriting is not to achieve a smooth surface, but to discover the inner truth of your … More

“Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut

“If you stuff yourself full of poems, essays, plays, stories, novels, films, comic strips, magazines, music, you automatically explode every … More

“Occasionally, there arises a writing situation where you see an alternative to what you are doing, a mad, wild gamble … More

“A plot begins when somebody has something to hide.” ~ John Banville

“A writer who is afraid to overreach himself is as useless as a general who is afraid to be wrong.z’ … More

“Don’t ever write anything you don’t like yourself and if you do like it, don’t take anyone’s advice about changing … More

“I never know what’s going to happen in a novel. I don’t have a plan or an outline.” ~ Donna … More