25 Words Of Wisdom - Writing

25 Words of Writing Wisdom

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“It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. ”

~Robert Southey

Exaggerate with specific details not flowery adjectival phrases. Get to the point quickly and don't assume your reader must know everything to "get" your story.

- Mike Fisher

Exaggerate with specific details not flowery adjectival phrases. Get to the point quickly and don't assume your reader must know everything to "get" your story.

- Mike Fisher

Be yourself. Let your personality, humor, sarcasm shine through. Don't try to use $50 words when $10 ones will do. KISS--Keep it simple, stupid.

- Mrs. Brown Dog

Be yourself. Let your personality, humor, sarcasm shine through. Don't try to use $50 words when $10 ones will do. KISS--Keep it simple, stupid.

- Mrs. Brown Dog

Writers write to create pictures in the minds of readers, so write in a way that the reader can see what is on your mind.

- Shelly Burns

Writers write to create pictures in the minds of readers, so write in a way that the reader can see what is on your mind.

- Shelly Burns

Just start. Get out of your own way. Let your stories write themselves. Don't avoid the rocks in your path. They provide you new direction. - Angela

Just start. Get out of your own way. Let your stories write themselves. Don't avoid the rocks in your path. They provide you new direction. - Angela

Words sometimes fail us. Don't obsess over perfection, start with what feels close and let your story unfold. The right word will eventually introduce itself. - Jennifer

Words sometimes fail us. Don't obsess over perfection, start with what feels close and let your story unfold. The right word will eventually introduce itself. - Jennifer

Think. Feel. Watch. Write what you know and what you think you know. Find your voice and shout it! Take risks. Play!- Theresa

Think. Feel. Watch. Write what you know and what you think you know. Find your voice and shout it! Take risks. Play!- Theresa

Flickr Photo CreditsSlide 2: Sunbeams http://www.flickr.com/photos/algo/299417419/Slide 3 : Mystery Flower http://www.flickr.com/photos/crayzy_ray/492379278/Slide 4: Money http://www.flickr.com/photos/leacayoung/2469220974/Slide 5: My Mind is Elsewhere http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosie_hardy/2593383620/Slide 6: Sorcerer's Path-Daly Point http://www.flickr.com/photos/maritimelight/343385760/Slide 7: Unfolding Beauty! http://www.flickr.com/photos/83551948@N00/449917505/Slide 8: Amelia at the Fair! (2008) T. Gray