“You’ve got to love libraries. You’ve got to love books. You’ve got to love poetry. You’ve got to love everything about literature. Then, you can pick the one thing you love most and write about it.” ~ Ray Bradbury
Attention Starving Writers - by now you know that you can’t write if you don’t read, so [...]
Style is the manner in which one expresses himself. Styles differ as men differ. But there are some cardinal qualities that all good style must possess.
Perspicuity is opposed to obscurity of all kinds; it means clearness of expression. It demands that the thought in the sentence shall be plainly seen through the words of the [...]
“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
Most of my ideas come from the world around me. To write I have to be in the world to interact, observe and imagine. I find inspiration in everyday events, an overheard conversation, a visit to [...]
I’ve found that the best way to generate story ideas is to observe the world. I capture my observations and thoughts in a notebook. Once I write them down, I’m able to free my imagination in search of more ideas. I watch people interact, I pose “What If” questions and I change the familiar.
Ideas are [...]
Language which we never learn from a book of any kind is the language that we come by naturally, and use without thinking of it. It is a universal language, and consequently needs no interpreter. People of all lands and of all degrees of culture use it.
This Natural language is the language of cries, laughter, [...]
I dreamed of seeing my name on the spines of thick hardbacks. I imagined browsing the aisles of Barnes and Noble and finding my books neatly arranged on the shelves. For me, this is what it meant to be a writer - to be published and publicly recognized. Over the years, my definition of a [...]
I’ve been a writer for 15 years but in the last year, building this site, I’ve learned the importance of writing articles. Fiction is my true love but I find myself writing content for web pages most of the time. Don’t misunderstand – I love writing and I feel very blessed to have the opportunity [...]
On Writing
“A book has but one voice, but it does not instruct everyone alike.” Thomas Kempis
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” Madeleine L’Engle
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” [...]
Chris Rock had to appear in court in Los Angeles to testify in the racketeering trail of private eye Anthony Pellicano. This story sounds like it was taken straight from the pages of a Raymond Chandler book.
This real life drama has it all: glamour and fame, money and greed, sex and lies. [...]
There’s No Place Like Here, by Cecelia Ahern tells the story of Sandy Shortt, an investigator who obsesses whenever people or things go missing. One day she disappears during a jog and finds herself in the land of the missing. The novel is imaginative and funny, with just a dash of romance to please Ahern’s [...]
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