Erica Crouch > Quotes

“Yes, Hell is very serious business. That’s why no one ever smiles down there.”
― Erica Crouch, Ignite

“No one is only good or only bad. We have a bit of both inside of us all.”
― Erica Crouch, Ignite

“...we are our flaws, but they don't have to define us as either good or evil.”
― Erica Crouch, Ignite

“Because remember, that’s what writers do: they write, and they keep writing. Then they write some more. Even when the terrain is tough and the words seem elusive, they don’t stop. They don’t turn around. They don’t give up.”
― Erica Crouch, Surviving First Drafts: Motivation & Advice for the Art of Writing

“What you've done isn't the only thing that defines who you are. Words are just as powerful as action. They can aspire action in others, can't they?”
― Erica Crouch, Ignite

“There is a steady dripping sound of yesterday’s rain sliding down branches and splashing on rocks, into the stream, or onto the soft ground. Periodically, there is a loud chirp from a bird that flits from branch to branch, answered later by a bright melody from its unseen companion. Behind these noises is a quieter, humming sound. I follow the humming, walking soundlessly under branches and over flat, slippery rocks. I keep walking until I come up to a grouping of thinned trees that let sunlight come streaming down onto a small patch of ground that is covered in dry, coppery pine needles.”
― Erica Crouch, Ignite

“There’s a time in the midst of writing when an evil voice in your head comes out to ruin you. You’ll be clacking away at your keyboard and suddenly… Heeeeeeeeerrrrrrrreeeeeee’s Johnny, ready to obliterate your momentum with doubts and really, incredibly mean thoughts.”
― Erica Crouch, Surviving First Drafts: Motivation & Advice for the Art of Writing

“The moment you start thinking about other people reading your book—what they’ll think of it, what they would want to happen in it, etc.—you’re doomed.”
― Erica Crouch, Surviving First Drafts: Motivation & Advice for the Art of Writing