Rick Killian

Lessons from a ghost . . .

Presently you shall walk out the door that for so long has seemed to you the barrier of your ideals, and shall find yourself before an audience—the pen still behind your ear, the ink stains on your fingers, and then and there shall pour out the torrent of your inspiration.

—Stanton Kirkham Davis

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Be tough—
you need to be able to accept criticism,
if you expect to become a better writer;
when you know you’re right,
you need to be able to reject it
and stick to your own vision.

—Judith Guest

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Try to write something
every day.

—Roger Zelazny

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Don’t compare yourself with others
except to learn from them—
compete only with yourself,
maintaining the highest standards
of excellence with yourself.

—Rosemary Daniell

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Respect yourself.
Respect the craft of writing.
Respect the reader.

—Karleen Koen

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TELL ME A STORY!
Don’t try to impress your reader with style
or vocabulary or neatly turned phrases.
Tell the story first!

—Anne McCafferty

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I sometimes begin a drawing with no preconceived problems to solve—
with no conscious aim; but, as my mind takes in what is so produced,
a point arrives where some idea crystallizes,
and then a control and ordering begins to take place.

—Henry Moore

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