I’m new to Instagram, but I like it. I follow a writer, Dan Alatorre, who posted this funny definition that fits me and probably many of you. “Authors: the only people willing to work early in the morning, at lunch, evenings, weekends, holidays, and often late into the night – to escape working […]
Quotes for Writers
“You do not have to explain every single drop of water contained in a rain barrel. You have to explain one drop—H2O. The reader will get it.” —George Singleton “When I say work I only mean writing. Everything else is just odd jobs.” —Margaret Laurence […]
Quotes About Writing
Catherine Brady says in Story Logic and the Craft of Fiction, “Rather than reduce motive to a single explanation, the real problem you face is to compound motive rather than declare it–To know how not to know.” Gertrude Stein once said of the writing process, “It will come if it is there and if […]
Quotes for Writers
Quotes for writers or anyone who likes quotes like I do. “A book is simply the container of an idea—like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters.” —Angela Carter “When I say work I only mean writing. Everything else is just odd jobs.” —Margaret Laurence “I think all writing is a […]
Writing Prompt in a Quote
Today I went with three of my long time friends to meet a mutual friend at Frank Coppola’s Winery Restaurant. We had an hour and a half drive from the south and the friend from the north had about 45 minutes to get there. Heavy, dark clouds followed us and a misty rain teased the […]
Quotes by Dorothy Sayers
Dorothy L. Sayers was a novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet best known for her Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries. However, she considered her translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy to be her best work. She was born on June 13, 1893. She was a good friend of C.S. Lewis. Here are some quotes by Sayers: “Do you […]
Anne McCaffrey Quote for Writers
Anne McCaffrey said, “Tell me a story! Because without a story, you are merely using words to prove you can string them together in logical sentences.” Wikipedia states, “Anne Inez McCaffrey was an American-born Irish writer, best known for the Dragonriders of Pern science fiction series. How many of you have read McCaffrey’s books?