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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character. Rachel Kushner

“While there are basic writing skills that every writer should implement when needed, you will take larger strides by developing your personal writing style. There is no need to convey your thoughts like the next writer. Your readers want to hear you. Make them fall in love with your way of...

"I’m a writer, and everything I write is both a confession and a struggle to understand things about myself and this world in which I live. This is what everyone’s work should be – whether you dance or paint or sing. It is a confession, a baring of your soul, your faults, those things you simply...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/15/helen-dewitt-author-turn-down-prize-publishing-fiction One who cannot sign the contract saying she will commit to promotions because she has a disability.

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If you have a finished manuscript of an adventure type then this is a good contest for you. Last year it looks like they considered more historical and magic realism sort of adventures. A friend won it with her family story of evading Japanese soldiers in the Philippines during WW2. Their...

'The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof lie detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have had it.' Ernest Hemingway

“The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn’t require any.” Russell Baker

At first I thought this was just another -persevere and f' um advice column. But he actually has a few inspirations worth reading https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/08/stay-true-to-yourself-fly-closer-sun-what-ive-learned-from-50-years-of-rejection

I suspect this is what introducing yourself at an AA meeting is like (thus the subject line), and I'm only doing it because it's expected of me. I'm not a hugger, and I'm not a shoulder to cry on. Take a look at my avatar, a picture and a thousand words, and whatnot. I write fantasy because I...

An aging writer has the not insignificant satisfaction of a shelf of books behind him that, as they wait for their ideal readers to discover them, will outlast him for a while. John Updike

The founder is Giannai Cara and his come on is very seductive to me. Think outside the algorihmn-BUT I am very suspicious of things that feel a bit cultish. And this has that vibe. Anyone have any experience? https://www.giannicara.com/authors/c3986aa3-d313-406f-bc9b-78ccba4a28b3...

I'm interested in memory because it's a filter through which we see our lives, and because it's foggy and obscure, the opportunities for self-deception are there. In the end, as a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened. Kazuo Ishiguro

Hello all, I'm Jeremiah, a writer based in Los Angeles. I'm primarily a horror screenwriter, but love prose as well and am looking to grow in that area. I just finished a draft of my second novel, an action thriller, and am starting to plan my next project Excited to be here and see what it's...

“When you face writer’s block, just lower your standards and keep going.” Sandra Tsing Loh

The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader. Nikki Giovanni

Nelson Algen

Hi everyone, November is my favourite month because that's when all the tourists leave the South of France and I reclaim my sanity. So my vacation starts now until March when they return (you guessed it, I'm a tour guide). So when I'm not trampling in medieval villages or baroque churches, I am...