writing

  1. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Good writing is supposed....

    “Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader – not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.” E. L. Doctorow
  2. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Writing requires....

    Writing requires patience, passion, and perseverance. Without the 3Ps you will never finish a manuscript or get it published. Sue Nyathi
  3. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Writing is....

    'Writing is a necessary joy. It's the only way to understand other people, their stories and hopes, their articulated or mute selves. The job of the writer is to put that into words which, afterwards, will seem inevitable.' Philip Hensher
  4. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Writing a book....

    'Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.' — Don Marquis
  5. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Exercise the writing....

    'Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up.' Jane Yolen
  6. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Writing is a.....

    'Writing is a strange synthesis between the two parts of your mind: the analytical side and the side that knows nothing at all, and you have to allow the dreaming side free rein.’ Rose Tremain
  7. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Writing a book takes....

    Writing a book takes me a long time. There are ALWAYS times when it feels too hard, too unimportant, too lonely. My process seems to be: take a few steps in the dark, fall, lie there, eventually get up, take a few more steps. Slowly, the landscape of the story becomes easier to see, almost...
  8. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day The act of writing....

    The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't matter. Edward Albee
  9. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Any creative writing....

    “Any creative writing teacher worth their salt will tell you that a great story never starts at the beginning, it starts when something changes.” Juno Dawson
  10. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Writing is....

    Writing is the supreme solace. W. Somerset Maugham
  11. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Writing shouldn't....

    'Writing shouldn't come between the reader and what's being described. It should be as transparent as possible.' Diana Athill
  12. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Writing is the....

    Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators. William Saroyan
  13. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day In writing you....

    In writing you work toward a result you won't see for years, and can't be sure you'll ever see. It takes stamina and self-mastery and faith. It demands those things of you, then gives them back with a little extra, a surprise to keep you coming. It toughens you and clears your head. I could feel...
  14. Peyton Stafford

    Ray Bradbury on Writing. Write Like Hell! No mention of show vs. tell...

    https://publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2013/11/ray-bradburys-words-of-wisdom-write.html Comments?
  15. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Bad writing is....

    Bad writing is more than a matter of shit syntax and faulty observation; bad writing usually arises from a stubborn refusal to tell stories about what people actually do—to face the fact, let us say, that murderers sometimes help old ladies cross the street. Stephen King (from On Writing: A...
  16. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day The writing life....

    The writing life is one long, never-ending search for narrative. Well, it's not even a conscious searching. It happens even while you're busy buying groceries and when you're fast asleep. It's a curse. Miriam Toews
  17. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Writing gives....

    "Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it." David Sedaris
  18. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Writing is....

    Writing is turning one’s worst moments into money. J. P. Donleavy
  19. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day 'The good writing....

    'The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis, and we'd have a mighty dull literature if all the writers that came along were a bunch of happy chuckleheads.' William Styron
  20. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day In writing....

    'In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies. L. Sprague de Camp
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