Tia Nevitt has created a great infographic outlining reasons why it can be beneficial to read the genres you don’t necessarily write.
Have a look below:
Tag: creative writing
Writing Quote
I’m always pretending that I’m sitting across from somebody. I’m telling them a story, and I don’t want them to get up until it’s finished.
– James Patterson
Writing Quote
You can’t blame a writer for what the characters say.
-Truman Capote
Writing Quote
Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up.
-Jane Yolen
Writing Quote
All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
Writing Quote
A word after a word after a word is power.
– Margaret Atwood
Writing Quote
A classic quote to comfort us all!
The first draft of anything is shit.
– Ernest Hemingway
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Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.
– Aldous Huxley
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Write what should not be forgotten.
– Isabel Allende
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