“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
On putting the story to paper
“I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within.”
Gustave Flaubert
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On editing
“In writing, you must kill all your darlings.”
William Faulkner
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The truth about adverbs
"The road to hell is paved with adverbs."
Stephen King, On Writing
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Set your story free
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
