Master These 7 Writing Quotes If You Want To Become A Great Writer

Quotes are powerful

Har Narayan
1 min readAug 5, 2022
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You don’t need 100 quotes, you need only seven.

Let’s start —

“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time to write. Simple as that.”

Stephen King

“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”

Louis L’Amour

“Description begins in the writer’s imagination but should finish in the reader’s.”

Stephen King

“Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can do anything really good.”

William Faulkner

“You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page”

Jodi Picoult

“When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is going to hurt; revising a story down to the bare essentials is always a little like murdering children, but it must be done.”

Stephen King

“Examine every word you put on paper. You’ll find a surprising number that don’t serve any purpose.”

William Zinsser

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