Rick Killian
Lessons from a ghost . . .Read moreI write to give myself strength.
I write to be the characters
I am not. I write to explore all
of the things I am afraid of.—Joss Whedon
Read moreOnce when I was flying to Dallas with Zig Ziglar, he asked if I ever received letters from people thanking me. When I acknowledged that I did, he asked, “When you get those letters, what do people thank you for?” I had never really thought about that before, but the answer was clear. People almost always said thanks for a book I had written or some other resource I had provided.
“It’s the same for me,” Zig said. “Isn’t that interesting? You and I are known for being speakers, but that’s not what prompts people to write.”—John Maxwell
Read moreCarve out a regular
“writing time” and
don’t make excuses.
If you can’t commit
to your own writing,
why should anyone
else commit to it?—Val McDermid
Read moreDon’t rewrite as you
go. Don’t try to make
your first chapters
perfect. If you come
to a scene where you
don’t know what
14th-century
underwear looks
like, don’t stop
and research
14th-century
underwear.
Just write
‘underwear here.’
The second draft
is filling in
those holes.
—Laurell K. Hamilton
Read moreFind your best time
of the day for writing
and write. Don’t let
anything else
interfere. Afterwards
it won’t matter to
you that the
kitchen is a mess.—Esther Freud
Read moreAlmost all good
writing begins
with terrible
first efforts.
You need to
start somewhere.—Anne Lamott
Read moreYou can’t edit a
blank page.― Nora Roberts
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