Advice from one writer to another

by louli Sat Jan 23, 2010 7:49 pm

Hi mates!

- When faced with a major project, whether it's designing a bridge or laying new tile in the kitchen, most of us like to rely on experts for advice. So why should a writing project be any different? As we'll see, professional writers have a lot to tell us about the Writing progress

- Some of the advice may b helpful, some of it encouraging, and some may do no more than raise a smile….. Here then is some free advice--- from one writer to another:

- "There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly: sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges." (Ernest Hemingway)

- "Writing is an adventure." (Winston Churchill)

- "There are no dull subjects. There are only dull writers."
(H. L. Mencken)

- "Writing is just work--there's no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type or write with your toes--it's still just work."
(Sinclair Lewis)

- "Nothing you write, if you hope to be any good, will ever come out as you first hoped." (Lillian Hellman)

- "English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education--sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street." (E. B. White)

- "I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork."
(Peter de Vries)

- "Real writers are those who want to write, need to write, have to write." (Robert Penn Warren)

- "I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren't open that early." (Daniel J. Boorstin)

- "Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead."
(Gene Fowler)

- "You fail only if you stop writing." (Ray Bradbury)

- "Writing is not hard. Just get paper and pencil, sit down, and write as it occurs to you. The writing is easy--it's the occurring that's hard." (Stephen Leacock)

- "A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people." (Thomas Mann)