Writing Resources

#WritingQuote- Editing is going to hurt, but it must be done

“When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is going to hurt; revising a story down to the bare essent...

#WritingQuote- I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose,

“When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, ‘I am going to produce a work of art.’ I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, som...

#WritingQuote – Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens

“Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant careers.” - Ray Bradbu...

#WritingQuote- If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the tools to write.

If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” — Stephen King We could not have said this any better. Many...

#WritingQuote – I am not a very good writer, but I am an excellent re-writer

I  am not a very good writer but I am an excellent rewriter.- James A. Michener The beauty of writing is not seen in the first draft but after many stages of...

#WritingQuote – Fiction is the truth inside the lie

  "Fiction is the truth inside the lie."  - Stephen King On first glance, many people may want to ignore this quote because it seems too complicated ...

#WritingQuote – Figure out what you have to say. That’s what you have to offer.

  Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer. – Barba...

#WritingQuote – If you write a hundred stories, you have the odds in your favour

  If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favour. Edgar Rice Burroughs   We have seen writers who w...

#WritingQuote – Get it down, it’s the only way you can do anything really good

"Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it's the only way you can do anything really good."  William Faulkner Too many writers have missed out on writin...

#WritingQuote – ‘Everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise.’

“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity i...