#raft

If you're a writer, write. And always strive for excellence. ↗

— Linda Yezak

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I’ve come to the end of another book alive. At times like this I’m always at a loss for words. ↗

— Joe Coomer

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A blank page is no empty space. It is brimming with potential... It is a masterpiece in waiting -- yours. ↗

— A.A. Patawaran

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Don't tell me the moon is shining, show me the glint of light on broken glass. ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

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Read a lot, write a lot is the great commandment. ↗

— Stephen King

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It's as hard to get from almost finished to finished as to get from beginning to almost done. ↗

— Elinor Fuchs

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[I]f a book is well written, I always find it too short. ↗

— Jane Austen

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Remember that you don't write a story because you have an idea but because you have a believable character. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

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You can't have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas. ↗

— Linus Pauling

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Writing novels is the hardest thing I've ever done, including digging irrigation ditches. ↗

— Thomas Harris

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