Writing Well Quotes

“You can be a member of all of the romance writers associations, take part in all of the networking available, or win the latest romance award... but guess what? None of that makes a difference if you don't WRITE something people want to READ. The greatest editor in the world won't make your book a best seller if it isn't something people care about. So forget all of the fluff that clouds your purpose... writing!!”
― Kathryn Le Veque

“Writing well is more than mechanics, but it is not less.”
― Douglas Wilson, Wordsmithy: Hot Tips for the Writing Life

“Learn to write well and you will walk on water and turn wine into opium. You will speak a thousand new tongues and talk to the gods. You will live in constant and everlasting euphoria.”
― Roman Payne

“Of all that is written I love only what a man has written with his blood. Write with blood, and you will experience that blood is spirit.”
― Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra

“Excitement is simple: excitement is a situation, a single event. It mustn't be wrapped up in thoughts, similes, metaphors. A simile is a form of reflection, but excitement is of the moment when there is no time to reflect. Action can only be expressed by a subject, a verb and an object, perhaps rhythm -- little else. Even an adjective slows the pace or tranquilizes the nerve.”
― Graham Greene

“The difficulty lies not in writing well but in earning that ability.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana