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Nothing is organized, and that’s the truest part.Continue reading on Writer Life »
“There is always a sheet of paper. There is always a pen. There is always a way out.”
“There is always a sheet of paper. There is always a pen. There is always a way out.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“The writer by nature of his profession is a dreamer and a conscious dreamer. They must imagine, and imagination takes humility, love and…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
We usually think of the writer as a solitary being, whereas if you actually look at the record, books spring up from complex ecosystems. As the great writer Juan Rulfo said when qu...
“I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing this.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“If there is a secret to writing, I haven’t found it yet. All I know is you need to sit down, clear your mind, and hang in there.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“Since ‘Huckleberry Finn,’ or thereabouts, it seemed that all American literature was about the alienated hero.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“A writer has to have some kind of compulsive drive to do his work. If you don’t have it, you’d better find another kind of work, because…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“I’ve always said there are two kinds of writers. There are architects and gardeners. Architects do blueprints before they drive the first…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
It's easy to feel helpless and hopeless in these increasingly complex and uncertain times. But thankfully, I read books. And I find that flipping through the pages of a story is on...
“Best advice on writing I’ve ever received: Finish.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Writer Mandy Len Catron finally finished a book proposal she began in 2019. A publisher liked it, but was hesitant to proceed because of similar books on the market. Then someone a...
By Elissa Jacobs My memoir was written at sloth-speed. More than a decade from the first words on the page to a full first draft; more than five years beginning from when I “got se...
“I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art, you’re an idiot.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“I don’t know of a greater privilege than being allowed to tell a story, except perhaps to listen to one.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
An essay can have benefits beyond those that come from publication By Elizabeth Roper Marcus Shortly after taking up writing in my late 40s, I finished a memoir piece I was proud o...
In the Review’s June 25 issue, Joe Dunthorne writes about a recent oral history of the New York School poets and poses himself a challenge: “How to analyze a poetics of irreverence...
Keep Strunk & White in the Bathroom and Other Ways to Obsess Over Writing Well sara.custer@in… Fri, 07/31/2026 - 03:00 AM A working writer describes...
I am a fan of inspirational quotes. Here are hundreds of them: Writers on writing.Aaron, Jason: “If you want to be a writer, then just be a writer. Be one every day, all day.”Acheb...
A New Way to Journal.Continue reading on The Story Well »
“If today was not a productive day don’t beat yourself to death over it. Wake up tomorrow and start from there.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
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