No writing is wasted. Did you know that sourdough from San Francisco is leavened partly by a bacteria called lactobacillus sanfrancisensis? It is native to the soil there, and does not do well elsewhere. But any kitchen can become an ecosystem. If you bake a lot, your kitchen will become a happy home to wild yeasts, and all your bread will taste better. Even a failed loaf is not wasted. Likewise, cheese makers wash the dairy floor with whey. Tomato gardeners compost with rotten tomatoes. No writing is wasted: the words you can't put in your book can wash the floor, live in the soil, lurk around in the air. They will make the next words better.
Erin BowTags: inspirational books writing writers inspiration inspirational-quotes writing-advice writing-process
When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.
Raymond ChandlerTags: writing-advice
You can only write by putting words on a paper one at a time.
Sandra BrownTags: writing writing-advice
Be prepared to work hard to be a writer.
Sandra BrownTags: writing writing-advice
10 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer
Write.
Write more.
Write even more.
Write even more than that.
Write when you don’t want to.
Write when you do.
Write when you have something to say.
Write when you don’t.
Write every day.
Keep writing.
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Nouns and verbs are the guts of the language. Beware of covering up with adjectives and adverbs.
A.B. Guthrie Jr.Tags: writing-advice writing-tips
From my writer's workshop, "Know when it's time to put everything you've got on the page. Then, rip open a vein and do it!
Heather BurchTags: writing-advice
It's a great lesson about not being too precious about your writing. You have to try your hardest to be at the top of your game and improve every joke you can until the last possible second, and then you have to let it go. You can't be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it...You have to let people see what you wrote.
Tina FeyTags: writing-advice
Don't look back until you've written an entire draft, just begin each day from the last sentence you wrote the preceding day. This prevents those cringing feelings, and means that you have a substantial body of work before you get down to the real work which is all in ... the edit."
[Ten rules for writing fiction (part two), The Guardian, 20 February 2010]
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On the Writing Process:
"When in doubt, take it out.,
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