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“There is always a sheet of paper. There is always a pen. There is always a way out.”
“Writing, like life itself, is a voyage of discovery. The adventure is a metaphysical one: it is a way of approaching life indirectly, of acquiring a total rather than a partial vi...
“Writing, like life itself, is a voyage of discovery. The adventure is a metaphysical one: it is a way of approaching life indirectly, of acquiring a total rather than a partial vi...
“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 »
“I love writing. I love the swirl of words as they tangle with human emotions.”--James MichenerFor 100s more On Writing posts, go here.The Protagonist’s Journey: An Introduction to...
“You write until the rust comes out of the faucet and it’s clear water. Then you write down the clear water.”--Lin-Manuel MirandaFor 100s more On Writing posts, go here.For 100s mo...
Steven Pressfield is a writer known for both his film work and his fiction and nonfiction works in literature. He also gives great writing advice, regardless of the medium you’re w...
“Writing is its own reward.”--Henry MillerFor 100s more On Writing posts, go here.The Protagonist’s Journey: An Introduction to Character-Driven Screenwriting and Storytelling is a...
“What the budding artist needs is the privilege of wrestling with problems in solitude—and without a master. He must learn to think and feel for himself, to trust his own impulses,...
“It is better to fail in originality than succeed in imitation.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“It is better to fail in originality than succeed in imitation.”
by James Scott Bell Last week we talked about creativity, and getting ideas through the “What if?” game. I’ve always subscribed to the notion that the best way to get a great idea...
"I am always interested in why young people become writers, and from talking with many I have concluded that most do not want to be writers working eight and ten hours a day and ac...
By Joselin Linder My friend is a nurse practitioner, working with low-income communities in New York City. Recently, an unhoused woman came in for birth control and my friend diagn...
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...
Writing your first few scripts can feel really scary. Staring at a blank Final Draft file often made me feel as though I was being thrown to the metaphorical wolves, and there were...
R.F. Kuang is 29 and has already published seven novels, including the Nebula-winning Babel, the #1 New York Times bestseller Yellowface, and this year's Katabasis. She trained at...
“Freewriting forces you to keep moving forward, keep creating, without a thought given to quality.”I have been a screenwriter for over forty years and a teacher for two decades, an...
Speakers from Ragan and PR Daily’s’s upcoming Writing & Content Strategy Virtual Conference deliver their best tips for slinging sentences that stand out. Stand up. Imagine you...
+”ALL WE ARE IS WRITERS AND WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS WRITE”: I enjoyed this (slightly acerbic!) letter from Hemingway to Fitzgerald, which reads something like a bucket of cold water o...
“Strong characters act despite their fear, not because of it.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“Sometimes you’ll get a note, ‘This scene is boring, can we put in a car chase?’ What you should take from that note is this scene, this quiet scene you intended to be emotionally...
“Strong characters act despite their fear, not because of it.”
Novelists and screenwriters often fight the same battles, even though their end products differ.Whatever you’re writing, you’ll want a premise that’s easy to pitch with a catchy ho...
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