Peter Yang > Quotes

“The best, and perhaps only, method to reliably pinpoint ambiguities in your writing is by giving it to someone else to read.”
― Peter Yang, The Art of Writing: Four Principles for Great Writing that Everyone Needs to Know

“It is often more challenging to devise an intricate outline of a piece of writing than it is to write it. Form a habit of planning your pieces, if only for five to ten minutes. Ask yourself what justifies your writing’s existence. Once you know why you’re writing something, it becomes much easier to know how you’re going to write it.”
― Peter Yang, The Art of Writing: Four Principles for Great Writing that Everyone Needs to Know

“clear: Everyone can be a writer, if they so choose. What you write is not important—writers can write novels, technical manuals, poetry, journal entries, or scientific papers. To be a writer, you simply need to write.”
― Peter Yang, The Art of Writing: Four Principles for Great Writing that Everyone Needs to Know

“Writing is about prioritizing the reader, not the self! Never lose sight of your purpose in your writing. Doing so is the ultimate form of indulgence.”
― Peter Yang, The Art of Writing: Four Principles for Great Writing that Everyone Needs to Know

“The world is a difficult place to alter. Most of the time, it is the world that is altering us.”
― Peter Yang, The Art of Writing: Four Principles for Great Writing that Everyone Needs to Know