I've found the best way to revise your own work is to pretend that somebody else wrote it and then to rip the living shit out of it.

Don Roff

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It’s hard to land a devastating jab/cross/hook/uppercut combo to your reader’s imagination when you’re telegraphing your punches.

Don Roff

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A migraine is the cockblock of writing.

Don Roff

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Writing a story, regardless of length, begins always with a single word.

Don Roff

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Mothman flew away from town, like a giant bat, and then disappeared from sight behind a thicket of skeletal autumn trees.

Don Roff

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But people in a small town tend to do a lot of talking, even when they don’t know what they’re talking about.

Don Roff

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There was talk of the Centaur being moved into the elephant cages to make room for a banjo-picking Minotaur. Surrendering his meager furnishings to a musical half man half bull was all bull.

Don Roff

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Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity. Don’t invite either into your mind.

Don Roff

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There is no right or wrong way to write a novel. Each journey is different for every individual work and for every writer. The first error is never to begin; the second is never to finish.

Don Roff

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Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.

Don Roff

Tags: humor writing procrastination random work funny panic editing efficiency procrastinate adhd procrastinating



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