Quotes about Writing craft

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Don't be afraid of what you're creating. — Christy Hall, The Little Silkworm
Let life be the foundation. Be brave. Wander deep inside yourself to the little room no one knows about. Fling the door — Christy Hall, The Little Silkworm
I read not so long ago about the construction of a large telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert, where rainfall can average — Brad Leithauser
A writer needs to ingest love to be passionate. Passion is a metabolite of love, and good writing is an active metabolit — Roman Payne
In any case, you can't have effective allegory in times when people are swept this way and that by momentary convictions — Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
How many great gems were lost to thoughtand not put down to pen.You can but think of just a fewand then they're lost aga — L.F. Young
Does any program really improve anybody, as much as simply identifying them? And, after identifying them, not ruining th — Chang-rae Lee
Does any (MFA) program really improve anybody, as much as simply identifying them? And, after identifying them, not ruin — Chang-rae Lee, On Such a Full Sea
I killed it," Athan lamented. "I am a fool." His righteous anger, his arguments, his adoration for the being who claimed — Brian K. Fuller, Sacrifice
Characters begin as your children and become your teachers. — Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena
Be true to the writer within you; tell the story you're dying to tell in exactly the way you wish to tell it, and don't — Richelle E. Goodrich
Stories not only give us a much needed practice on figuring out what makes people tick, they give us insight into how we — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
poems are small moments of enlightenment — Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
...the most beautiful things don't always make you happy - often they make you weep... — John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
...I’ve never understood the logic that says a work doesn’t need to be judged on the quality of its writing or character — Glen Hirshberg
An author is like an incompetent bricklayer - doesn't use mortar and keeps rearranging the bricks until someone tells hi — Chris Everheart
A writer creates from his mind; his creations emanate from the feelings enmeshed deep within his heart. From the fire bu — Avijeet Das
I personally believe that one learns to write by writing. — Jack Jordan
The moment I realize I just stayed up until five in the morning writing is that moment I know I am meant to be a writer. — Anastasia Bolinder
Writing is a bitch. It's an itch that I love to scratch. — Ana Claudia Antunes, ACross Tic