#rite

In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer. ↗

— Terry Southern

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I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense. ↗

— Robert Frost

#call #consciously #english #i #make

I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I've never understood. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

#get #i #learned #machine #morning

One thing I can tell you is this, that I am not a methodical writer. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

#i #i am #i can #methodical #one thing

I'm a writer, so I like dissecting things. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#i #like #things #writer

I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#five #hours #i #i write #sometimes

Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It's that important, so don't mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#close #door #drafts #either #ever

Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#books #focus #genre #lot #mind

I don't write romance novels. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#novels #romance #write

You know, that's kind of the thing, I can't freestyle and I used to always wonder why I couldn't, and when I would try once out of every six months, but I was always a great writer! ↗

— Bubba Sparxxx

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