Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.
Truman Capote (via miggylol)
Authors: The only people you thank for leaving you emotionally devastated.
Love the Stacks (bookstore)
If nothing saves us from death, may love at least save us from life
Pablo Neruda
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You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it.
That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.
Octavia E. Butler (via writingbonesblog)
The air is crisp and has a bite at the back of its long throat. The sky is bloodless and pale. Drained of all pity. Drained of all passion. The sky cannot weep today. The sea is dark and wild. It is so loud I can hear it inside my own head. One thrashing after another like an interrogation.
faedreamer: lauramkaye: warriormaggie: cheshirealicat: mightymur: The final, brilliant word on passive voice. “She was killed [by zombies.]” <—- passive “Zombies killed [by zombies] her.” <—- active The best learning tools for grammar inevitably involve zombies. @emotionalmorphine BRILLIANT writers take note!!!!
Read MoreWriting for me is a kind of compulsion, so I don’t think anyone could have
made me do it, or prevented me from doing it.
J.K. Rowling
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What looked like morning was the beginning of endless night.
William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist (via bookhangs)
The only writer to whom you should compare yourself is the writer you were yesterday.
T Pynchon
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K. Evan Coles 