The beautiful....

[Paul Whybrow]

The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile.

Robert Cormier

 

[Sedayne]

Ah, lovely. I'm a huge fan of the late great Robert Cormier.
And I know exactly what he means. I deal with life and death in my day job - I can't afford to fuck it up - but I love being able to go over my writing again and again, knowing I'll never have to discuss my characters with the coroner.

 

[Pamela Jo]

Ah, lovely. I'm a huge fan of the late great Robert Cormier.
And I know exactly what he means. I deal with life and death in my day job - I can't afford to fuck it up - but I love being able to go over my writing again and again, knowing I'll never have to discuss my characters with the coroner.

Now that's a powerful sentence. "I love being able to go over my writing again and again, knowing I'll never have to discuss my characters with the coroner."