“Whenever there's something wrong with your writing, suspect that there's something wrong with your thinking.”
― Words Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know about Writing
― Words Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know about Writing
“This is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit. Fiction writers, present company included, don't understand very much about what they do -- not why it works when it's good, not why it doesn't when it's bad. I figured the shorter the book, the less bullshit."
Stephen King, On Writing”
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Stephen King, On Writing”
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“They think that intelligence is about noticing things are relevant (detecting patterns); in a complex world, intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant (avoiding false patterns)”
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“People who cannot distinguish between good and bad language, or who regard the distinction as unimportant, are unlikely to think carefully about anything else.”
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