Tips On Writing Quotes

“Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it.”
― Don Roff

“Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day, it helps. Then when it gets finished you are always surprised." - John Steinbeck from the Fall 1975 issue of The Paris Review”
― - John Steinbeck from the Fall 1975 issue of The Paris Review

“A writer gets to live yet another life every time he or she creates a new story.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Be a good reader first if you wish to become a good writer.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Tell a story in fewer and simpler words.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Writing a story is like going on a date—you will spoil it if you aren't living in the moment.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Turn those deep feelings and obsessions of your heart into captivating pieces of literature.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Don’t interrupt when your characters take a flight of their own.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Don’t break the rules when you haven’t fully figured them out yet.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“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

“Being a writer is like being in a relationship. If you're not 100% committed to your writing, you will fail to be the best that you can be.”
― Patti Roberts

“Every good story needs a good ending. Don't write the beginning of a novel without knowing the end of it.”
― A.D.Y. Howle

“Good writing ideas don’t have to be about political turmoil, mass killings, capitalism, racism, injustice, and so on. Find that one idea that has deep roots in your heart.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Create a world in front of your readers where they can taste, smell, touch, hear, see, and move. Or else they are likely going to move on to another book.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Dreams are good at playing with your memory. They love leaving no trace behind and hate to show up once again in the morning.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“A writer can do without food for a few hours but not without the sight of books.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“If you think there is no time to write now, there will never be.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Ideas either age like fine wine or rot like potatoes over time.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“If you are a singer, you must sing. If you are a dancer, you must dance. If you are a writer, you must write. Don’t suffocate your heart.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“As you become a better writer, the writing becomes more difficult. You toil harder to tell a story in a smaller number of words.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Clichés are the viruses that infect your writing with diseases.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“If you don't love what you're writing, stop right now: it's not worth your time and certainly not the reader's.”
― Don Roff

“Writing is a physical art. And writing a book is a lot more like making a complex sculpture out of bronze than writing a whole bunch of reports. What's in your head does not count, not for sculpture, not for book writing. Pencil on paper is what matters. Words on paper, pages and pages, chapter after chapter.”
― Heather Sellers, Chapter After Chapter: Discover the Dedication and Focus You Need to Write the Book of Your Dreams

“If certain aspect needs to be inconsistent, it must better be consistently inconsistent throughout the story.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“It isn’t the reader’s responsibility to drag meaning out of the quagmire of your words. It’s the writer’s responsibility to create meaning out of thin air.”
― Phoebe Darqueling