Writer’s Thoughts 9/9/10
Tips, Links, Quotes to Spur the Writer Into Action
“Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you’re doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing” [E.L. Doctorow].
“Please don’t start your submissions letter by telling me how much I’ll love your book. Let your book do the selling” [Laura Anne Gilman].
How to Structure Your Short Story
Ten Commandments of Fiction Writing
Five Tips to Polish Your Fiction
How to Write Intriguing Male and Female Characters
“If you read good books, when you write, good books will come out of you” {Natalie Goldberg].
“While thought exists, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living” [Cyril Connolly].
If we will think. expand our reading and vocabulary, we can always arrive at fresh ways to say things.
Unlock Your Writing Through Visualization
“…your reader is at least as bright as you are.” [William Maxwell].
