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'The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from.' Gene Fowler

TO become a WRITER I had to learn to INTERRUPT, to speak up, to speak a little louder, and then LOUDER, and then to just speak in my own voice which is NOT LOUD AT ALL. Deborah Levy

“So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.” Dr Seuss

'The test of a writer is whether you want to read him again years after he should by the rules be dated.' Raymond Chandler

It is Friday night (UK Time) and the gloss of Xmas has long gone, the bright fireworks are but a distant memory that signalled another day in the week before us. My question is this: it's a Friday night, what are you doing? Better yet, what do you wish you were doing? Sincerely yours, The...

Hello everyone My name is Chris and I am brand new to Litopia. I am a keen writer, yet to be published or represented - I have worked in the film and TV industry as an Assistant Director for 15 years and although I love my job my burning desire is to focus more on my writing. I have written a...