
When you write a story you’re telling yourself the story. When you rewrite your main job is taking out all the things that are NOT the story.
– Stephen King
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- Write. Write write write write WRITE. Write. Now.(This is an inspirational writing quote.) – Jen Lynn Anderson
- The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear. – E B White
- The best advice is not to write what you know, it’s to write what you like. Write the kind of story you like best- write the story you want to read. – Austin Kleon
- The main thing is to keep THE MAIN THING the main thing – stefan calin
- Energies expended on sideshows, never on the main event. Where the hell was the main event? Was there a main event? – Haruki Murakami
- Life is too short to major the MINOR and MINOR the major. Make the main thing the main thing and the world will make you the MAIN man – Sesan Kareem
- It doesn’t matter what story we’re telling, we’re telling the story of family. – Erica Lorraine Scheidt
- I do not write with ease, nor am I ever pleased with anything I write. And so I rewrite. – Margaret Mitchell
- Write, write, write! Get your you-know-what in the chair and write more books: write the books of your heart and don’t let stress steal your joy. – Sarra Cannon
- She’s the main character in her story, just like I’m the main character in mine. – Marisa de los Santos
- Taking care of yourself, taking time for yourself & rewarding yourself is NOT selfish. It’s important & absolutely necessary! – Tanya Masse
- Good literature boils down to two things: How interesting is the story you are telling, and how interesting is your telling. – Hillel F Damron
- Humans are pattern-seeking story-telling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns, whether they exist or not. – Michael Shermer
- When you change your story that you tell about yourself, you change your life. You can start telling a better story right now. – Sheri Kaye Hoff
- We must rewrite our story from one of fear to one of celebration. – Kameron Hurley
- You can rewrite your personal story! – Mary Buchan
- What story will your life tell? Love your story. Live your story. Lead your story. – Richie Norton
- I’m not much of a believer in the so-called character story; I think that in the end, the story should always be the boss. – Stephen King
- The only way to write is to write. Writers write. And when they’ve written, they write some more. – Jasper Fforde
- Your only job is creating a life that contains a story worth telling. – Carolyn Parkhurst
- Your hair is winter fire,January embers.My heart burns there, too.-Stephen King, IT – Stephen King
- Sometimes human places, create inhuman monsters.-• Stephen King, The Shining – Stephen King
- Get busy living or get busy dying.--• Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption – Stephen King
- James Altucher reminds me for Stephen King… when is about Stephen King his 2 sons, probably the one or no,no both they look like him. – Deyth Banger
- When doing a job -” any job -” one must feel that he owns it, and act as though he will remain in that job forever. – Hyman G Rickover
- You don’t think any job’s a job unless it’s your job. – Last Man Standing
- Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. – Bertrand Russell
- The main things are the plain things, and the plain things are the main things. – Alistair Begg
- As a writer, the main skill you need is curiosity. As a reader, the main tool you need is open-mindedness. – Gloria D Gonsalves
- As a writer, the main skill you need is curiosity. As a reader, the main tool you need is open-mindedness. – Gloria D Gonsalves
- When life gives you the gift of a great story, to not partake in the telling of that story would be a crime against humanity. – AD Posey
- Life is like that. Death sweeps it away. That’s what death is for. That’s why they keep telling this story. It’s the only story. – Catherynne M Valente
- A story is based on what people think is important, so when we live a story, we are telling people around us what we think is important. – Donald Miller
- There is a story behind everything and every story is worth telling… – Anupam Sharma
- All writers are different, each have their own artist way they go about telling a story. The only thing they have in common, is they write. – Lori Lesko
- Write what you know. Write what you can’t forget. Write to give yourself courage and others hope. – Nikki Rosen
- Maybe that’s what love is-”sacrificing yourself to save another, taking the insult or taking the hit. – Katherine Reay
- You grew up, became a man, had to adjust to taking less than you hoped for; you discovered the dream-machine had a big OUT OF ORDER sign on it. – Stephen King
- Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. – Spencer Johnson
- If someone tells you a lie, they’re not telling you the truth, but they are telling you something. It just takes longer to figure out what. – Margot Livesey