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For all my longer works (i.e. the novels) I write chapter outlines so I can have the pleasure of departing from them later on. ↗

— Garth Nix

#outlines #writing #inspirational

Rejection isn't a sign of failure. Rejection is a reminder that there's always room for improvement. ↗

— Ana Hart

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So here is why I write what I do: We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories. And we all, every single one of us, no matter who we are and no matter what’s been taken from us or what poison we’ve internalized or how hard we’ve had to work to expel it – – we all get to dream. ↗

— N.K. Jemisin

#inspirational #myths #stories #writing #inspirational

It has been often said that writing is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration. In my experience, this is true. But, in my opinion, it is useless without that 1 percent. It's like an engine without fuel -- can't get anywhere without it. Or like a lighthouse without a light on top -- doesn't guide anyone in to home or safe harbor. ↗

— Robert Fanney

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[I]f the writer does his job right, what he basically does is remind the reader of how smart the reader is. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

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Inspiration comes and goes, creativity is the result of practice. ↗

— Phil Cousineau

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...open the access to your heart and write down what your voice is whispering... ↗

— John Geddes

#voice-whisper #wisdom-inspirational #write #inspirational

A critic is a legless man who teaches other people to run ↗

— Channing Pollock

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There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a book. (…) A good novel editor is invisible. ↗

— Terri Windling

#editing #editor #inspirational #reading #writing

Write the unpublishable...and then publish it. ↗

— Denis Johnson

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