#writ

It's really a lot easier to write about things that are problematic. Who wants to hear how happy you are? ↗

— Lyle Lovett

#easier #happy #hear #how #lot

As would-be songwriters, our interest was in black music and black music only. We wanted to write songs for black voices. ↗

— Mike Stoller

#black music #interest #music #only #our

God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars. ↗

— Martin Luther

#also #bible #clouds #flowers #god

And that's what I've learned too: writing is key. ↗

— Trish Stratus

#key #learned #too #writing

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

Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#business #comes #dollars #done #down

Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write.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

With two kids it's hard to find down time to write so I often write during their nap time. ↗

— Tori Spelling

#during #find #hard #i #kids