“Good writing is often about letting go of fear and affectation.” ~ Stephen King

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“It’s wonderful pleasure, tactile pleasure putting together a nice paragraph.” ~ George Will

“If you want to be a writer, write. If you want to become a better writer, write more.” ~ Jeff Goins

“Ultimately, whether we are writing posts, paragraphs, essays, arguments, memoirs, monographs or even just the Great American Tweet, writing is and should be a grand adventure.” ~ Constance Hale

“Writing style begins with clarity: Find the right words, and decide what to leave out. Then shape your sentences. Turn a phrase, play with sound, listen for cadence. Think about tone, and select a point of view. The more you explore, trying different ways of writing sentences, the closer you get to an understanding of how to inhabit a text and how to make it sound like you.” ~ Constance Hale

“Revision is a destructive space; it often requires destroying the physical space in which I’m working as well as the mental space and the work itself. The revision space necessitates a different mindset than the writing one.” ~ Erin Feldman

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“Life is life and plays are plays, and you can’t actually learn that much by writing them. You have to live.” ~ Jon Robin Baitz

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“All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

Hat Tip to NPR

“Writing is a muscle. Smaller than a hamstring and slightly bigger than a bicep, and it needs to be exercised to get stronger. Think of your words as reps, your paragraphs as sets, your pages as daily workouts.” ~ Colin Nissan

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“If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to a recipe that can be passed from one person to another.” ~ John Steinbeck