Famous Don Roff Quotes

  • Write for impact first, money second. If you do it the other way around, you’ll end up with less of either. – Don Roff

    Write for impact first, money second. If you do it the other way around, you’ll end up with less of either.– Don Roff

  • Writing a first-draft battle scene is akin to real combat-”chaos, confusion, and you must keep your cool as you fire word bullets downrange. – Don Roff

    Writing a first-draft battle scene is akin to real combat-”chaos, confusion, and you must keep your cool as you fire word bullets downrange.– Don Roff

  • A day of bad writing is always better than a day of no writing. – Don Roff

    A day of bad writing is always better than a day of no writing.– Don Roff

  • Successful writing is a slow, daily, meticulous form of mental illness. – Don Roff

    Successful writing is a slow, daily, meticulous form of mental illness.– Don Roff

  • Regarding the creative: never assume you’re the master, only the student. Your audience will determine if you’re masterful. – Don Roff

    Regarding the creative: never assume you’re the master, only the student. Your audience will determine if you’re masterful.– Don Roff

  • When you print out your manuscript and read it, marking up with a pen, it sometimes feels like a criminal returning to the scene of a crime. – Don Roff

    When you print out your manuscript and read it, marking up with a pen, it sometimes feels like a criminal returning to the scene of a crime.– Don Roff

  • You can be a writer who doesn’t read everyday. But you’re not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work. – Don Roff

    You can be a writer who doesn’t read everyday. But you’re not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work.– Don Roff

  • You can be a writer who doesn’t read everyday. But you’re not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work.– Don Roff

  • When writing, I uncage KAT: Keep Adding Tension. Even if I don’t know where the story’s going, petting the KAT keeps it purring. – Don Roff

    When writing, I uncage KAT: Keep Adding Tension. Even if I don’t know where the story’s going, petting the KAT keeps it purring.– Don Roff

  • Don’t think about the writing process too much. Just do one thing: tell the mother????ing story. – Don Roff

    Don’t think about the writing process too much. Just do one thing: tell the mother????ing story.– Don Roff