First drafts are for learning, second drafts are for thinking, third drafts are for polishing.
Stephen King
Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.
I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs, and I will shout it from the rooftops.
The road to hell is paved with adverbs.
Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.
Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.
The scariest moment is always just before you start.
Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.
