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Writing Advice Quotes by Famous Authors

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1. “Write. Finish things. Get them published. Write something else while you're waiting for someone to publish the first thing...”

Neil Gaiman

Writing Advice, Perseverance, Productivity, Publishing, Career

2. “Murder your darlings.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Writing Advice, Editing, Creativity, Attachment, Improvement

3. “Find the key emotion; this may be all you need know to find your short story.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Writing Advice, Emotion, Creativity, Storytelling, Technique

4. “Cut out all these exclamation jokes. An explanation point is like laughing at your own joke. I'm going to delete you from my contacts if you keep sending solely emoji texts. You're a grown-ass man.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Writing Advice, Humor, Communication, Maturity, Social Criticism

5. “Be subtle, various, ornamental, clever, And do not listen to those critics ever Whose crude provincial gullets crave in books Plain cooking made still plainer by plain cooks.”

W.H. Auden

Writing Advice, Criticism, Sophistication, Artistic Complexity, Literary Taste

6. “When the subject is strong, simplicity is the only way to treat it.”

Thomas Jefferson

Simplicity, Communication, Strength, Effective Expression, Writing Advice

7. “Leave out the parts that readers tend to skip.”

Henry Miller

Writing Advice, Reader Focus, Concise Storytelling, Writing, Reader, Storytelling

8. “It’s hot tonight and half the neighborhood is drunk. the other half is dead. if I have any advice about writing poetry it’s – don’t. I’m going to send out for some fried chicken.”

Charles Bukowski

Writing Advice, Neighborhood Life, Drunken Nights, Dead Silence, Fried Chicken, Avoid Poetry

9. “People say to write about what you know. I’m here to tell you, no one wants to read that, cos you don’t know anything. So write about something you don’t know. And don’t be scared, ever.”

Toni Morrison

Creative Challenge, Writing Advice, Exploration Courage, Writing, Courage, Exploration

10. “Whether in music or in fiction, the most basic thing is rhythm. Your style needs to have good, natural, steady rhythm, or people won’t keep reading your work.”

Haruki Murakami

Writing Advice, Rhythm, Creativity, Writing Process, Music, Style

11. “Let me say it again: You must not come lightly to the blank page.”

Stephen King

Writing Discipline, Creative Process, Writing Advice, Blank Page, Inspiration, Focus

12. “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”

Stephen King

Writing Advice, Reading Habit, Creative Essentials, Literary Practice, Author's Mantra, Storycraft Skills

13. “There’s a saying – “Write what you know.” It’s bad advice if you take it as an unbreakable rule, but good advice if you use it as a foundation.”

Stephen King

Writing Advice, Know And Write, Creative Foundation, Rules And Freedom, Personal Storytelling, Artistic Choice

14. “Write what you like, then imbue it with life and make it unique by blending in your own personal knowledge of life, friendship, relationships, sex, and work. Especially work. People love to read about work. God knows why, but they do.”

Stephen King

Personal Writing, Life Experience, Creative Uniqueness, Writing Advice, Work And Stories, Reader's Interest

15. “Don't write outlines; I hate outlines.”

George R. R. Martin

Creative Freedom, Writing Advice, No Outlines, Freedom, Advice, Writing

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