by Sandra CH Smith, Author | Aug 2, 2021 | tips for writers
Every morning, I get some wonderful snippets of advice from well-established writers, and here’s the one for today:“The hardest thing about writing, in a sense, is not writing. I mean, the sentence is not intended to show you off, you know. It is not supposed to be...
by Sandra CH Smith, Author | Aug 2, 2021 | tips for writers
“If you want to write, it must be the thing not that you want to do, or would like to do. It must be the thing you feel you have to do. It must be that without which you could not live. If you’ve got that, then it’ll be all right.” CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSThis is so true...
by Sandra CH Smith, Author | Aug 2, 2021 | Advice for writers from writers
What do bananas have to do with a writer’s unreasonable fear of repetition?I am going to be posting some quotes I get from “Advice For Writers” which I find useful and helpful. This one is especially funny since I spent six months in Guatemala and all over Honduras...
by Sandra CH Smith, Author | Aug 2, 2021 | Advice for writers from writers
“You must get beyond divertissement, sketch, anecdote, the interesting moment. You must get to the mystery of human personality. What is the line of the story that leads us to a point where we see or intuit something we haven’t before?” John L’Heureux I love this...
by Sandra CH Smith, Author | Aug 2, 2021 | tips for writers
Stephanie Chandler, the founder of the Nonfiction Writers Association, has presented some good ideas as additional money streams for authors besides book sales. Here, verbatim, are her ten top suggestions: Says Stephanie, “The reality is that it’s hard to make money...
by Sandra CH Smith, Author | Aug 2, 2021 | tips for writers
Here’s a quote I can relate to:“We’re all there trying to make the story, novel, or chapter as good as it can be. It’s a constant struggle to get it down, get it clear, and understand that your intentions are the same, whether you’re an undergraduate writing a short...
by Sandra CH Smith, Author | Aug 2, 2021 | Advice for writers from writers
Many writers wonder what the secret of short-story writing was for all those who have successfully written them.“I’ll give you the sole secret of short-story writing, and here it is: Rule 1. Write stories that please yourself. There is no rule 2. The technical points...
by Sandra CH Smith, Author | Aug 2, 2021 | tips for writers
A Writer’s Time There is nothing harder to estimate than a writer’s time, nothing harder to keep track of. There are moments—moments of sustained creation—when a writer’s time is fairly valuable; and there are hours and hours when a writer’s time isn’t worth the paper...
by Sandra CH Smith, Author | Aug 2, 2021 | tips for writers
James Baldwin once said, “You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can’t, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world.”I agree with him – without literature, we have no way to find a reflection of ourselves,...
by Sandra CH Smith, Author | Aug 2, 2021 | tips for writers
Perseverance and Making TimeWriting requires a number of skills. Many beginning writers may imagine that one or two of those skills will be the keys to success. A natural way with words or storytelling or perhaps a knack for meeting people and making the right...
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