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Writerly wisdom of the ages collected by the author of Advice To Writers, The Big Book of Irony, and The Portable Curmudgeon.

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  1. 44 minutes ago

    Rules [for ] are excellent organizational tools and efficient reducers of cognitive load, but they are no substitute for contextual sensitivity and personal judgment. MARIA POPOVA

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  2. 2 hours ago

    "Be wise, because the world needs wisdom…”

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  3. 3 hours ago

    There are worse crimes than burning . One of them is not them. RAY BRADBURY

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  4. 5 hours ago

    I have more freedom when I write , but my have had a much stronger impact on my readers. Somehow the “message,” even if I am not even 
aware that there is one, is conveyed better in this form. ISABEL ALLENDE

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  5. 6 hours ago

    "Blocks usually stem from the fear of being judged. If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line…”

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  6. 7 hours ago

    If it ain’t on the page, it ain’t on the stage. DENZEL WASHINGTON

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  7. 8 hours ago

    No harm's done to by making it something someone would want to read. DAVID McCULLOUGH

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  8. 9 hours ago

    I write from obsession, habit, and because I have a thorn in my foot, head and heart and it hurts and I can't walk or think or feel until I remove it. JANET FRAME

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  9. 10 hours ago

    “Use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English—it is the modern way and the best way…”

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  10. 11 hours ago

    Four basic premises of : clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity. WILLIAM ZINSSER

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  11. 12 hours ago

    I would write a , or a short , at least three times—once to understand it, the second time to improve the prose, and a third to compel it to say what it still must say. BERNARD MALAMUD

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  12. 13 hours ago

    We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory. LOUISE GLÜCK

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  13. 14 hours ago

    "Nothing that happens to a writer – however happy, however tragic – is ever wasted…”

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  14. 15 hours ago

    can be overrated. What I strive for more is rhythm. It’s like taking dictation, when you’re really attuned to the rhythm of that voice. JIM HARRISON

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  15. 16 hours ago

    "Midway through a , I have regularly experienced moments of bowel-curdling terror, as I contemplate the drivel on the screen before me…”

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  16. 17 hours ago

    The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread.... The least energizing emotion to write out of is admiration...because the basic feeling that goes with admiration is a passive contemplative mood. SUSAN SONTAG

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  17. 18 hours ago

    "To be a writer is to sit down at one’s desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write…”

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  18. 19 hours ago

    Don’t rush or force the ending… . All you have to know is the next scene, or the next few scenes. CHUCK PALAHNIUK

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  19. 20 hours ago

    There are three rules for a . Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

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  20. 21 hours ago

    I write plays because dialogue is the most respectable way of contradicting myself. TOM STOPPARD

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