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10 tips inspired by famous authors
1. Ideas / Originality
'Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't see any.' Orson Scott Card
2. Inspiration
'There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder.' Brian Aldiss
3. Rewrite
'Books aren't written, they're rewritten. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it...' Michael Crichton
4. Plot
Make everybody fall out of the plane first, and then explain who they were and why they were in the plane to begin with.' Nancy Ann Dibble
5. Storytelling
'Draw your chair up close to the edge of the precipice and I'll tell you a story.' F. Scott Fitzgerald
6. Character
'I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose.' Stephen King
7. Beginnings and Endings
'Don't mistake a good setup for a satisfying conclusion -- many beginning writers end their stories when the real story is just ready to begin.' Stanley Schmidt
8. Process / /Deadlines
'I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.' Douglas Adams
9. Being a writer
'I get up in the morning, torture a typewriter until it screams, then stop.' Clarence Budington Kelland
10 Rules
'There are three rules for writing. Unfortunately, no one can agree what they are.' Somerset Maugham
'Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't see any.' Orson Scott Card
2. Inspiration
'There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder.' Brian Aldiss
3. Rewrite
'Books aren't written, they're rewritten. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it...' Michael Crichton
4. Plot
Make everybody fall out of the plane first, and then explain who they were and why they were in the plane to begin with.' Nancy Ann Dibble
5. Storytelling
'Draw your chair up close to the edge of the precipice and I'll tell you a story.' F. Scott Fitzgerald
6. Character
'I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose.' Stephen King
7. Beginnings and Endings
'Don't mistake a good setup for a satisfying conclusion -- many beginning writers end their stories when the real story is just ready to begin.' Stanley Schmidt
8. Process / /Deadlines
'I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.' Douglas Adams
9. Being a writer
'I get up in the morning, torture a typewriter until it screams, then stop.' Clarence Budington Kelland
10 Rules
'There are three rules for writing. Unfortunately, no one can agree what they are.' Somerset Maugham
