#writing

Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have your basic melody and then you just riff off of it. And the riffs are about timing. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#basic #basically #i #i think #jazz

I find myself really feeling like it's possible that maybe the greater contribution I'm going to be able to make through this next phase of my life might be as a writer writing wonderful parts for women, or even writing wonderful parts for myself, you know? ↗

— Karen Allen

#contribution #even #feeling #find #going

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

— Jane Austen

#craft #enjoyment #entertainment #writing #writing-craft

Some part of me knew from the first that what I wanted was not reality but myth. ↗

— Stephen King

#fantasy #fiction #truth #writing #writing-process

You have the itch for writing born in you. It's quite incurable. What are you going to do with it? ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#l-m-montgomery

Don't try to write anything you can't feel - it will be a failure - 'echoes nothing worth ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#worth #writing #l-m-montgomery

Sound is so important to creative writing. Think of the sounds you hear that you include and the similes you use to describe what things sound like. 'As she walked up the alley, her polyester workout pants sounded like windshield wipers swishing back and forth.' Cadence, onomatopoeia, the poetry of language are all so important. Learn all that you can about how to bring sound into your work. ↗

— Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

#simile

I never exactly made a book. It's rather like taking dictation. I was given things to say. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#writing-books

I am not a fan of the magical quick fix in any fiction, including fantasy, scifi and comic books. Unless Dr. Who is involved, and then only because we get to use the phrase 'Timey-wimey wibbliness' which, I'm sure you'll agree, there are not enough occasions to drop into ordinary adult conversation. ↗

— Chris Dee

#deus-ex-machina #dr-who #fantasy-genre #magic #science-fiction

What I always wanted to get seen as was as a good actor, when it was the acting I was doing. When I'm writing, I want to try to be seen as a good writer. ↗

— Alan Alda

#actor #always #doing #get #good