… the only two groups required in a reader and writer relationship is the reader and the writer. Everyone else[…]
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… the only two groups required in a reader and writer relationship is the reader and the writer. Everyone else[…]
Read moreA reader emailed me: Hello Geoff, … I am looking at putting my idea of a story down on paper[…]
Read moreSuccessful writers are only rarely in the middle of difficult paragraphs. Most of our time is spent prevaricating and whining[…]
Read moreWe’ve all had ’em. Even the greats. Schadenfreude perhaps, but it’s cheering to see just how wrong publishers can be[…]
Read moreWhat is written without effort is in general read without pleasure. Samuel Johnson .
Read moreIt’s easy, after all, not to be a writer. Most people aren’t writers, and very little harm comes to them.[…]
Read moreIf a writer has to rob his mother he will not hesitate – the ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ is[…]
Read moreA writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. Thomas Mann .
Read moreUnprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write[…]
Read moreWrite what you need to write, not what is currently popular or what you think will sell. P D James
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