The Global Dig

“The six golden rules of writing are read, read, read, and write, write, write.” — Ernest Gaines

“Write about things that are important to you, not about what you think readers will want to read.” — William Zinsser

William Faulkner  donated his Nobel Prize winnings to establishing a fund for the support and development of new writers.

   “For a man to commit his thoughts to writing when he can neither manage them nor bring any new light to bear upon them, and, indeed, when...

“Every man's memory is his private literature.” —  Aldous Huxley

“Every man's memory is his private literature.” —  Aldous Huxley

Short Story based on the Prompt:The Moment you seize to Believe is the Moment: The Moment you seize to Believe is the moment Margaret was ...

Alexander Pope was only four and a half feet tall.

“The freelance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.” — Robert Benchley

“A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. If you find that writing is hard...

 Samuel Beckett  used to drive his neighbor, Andrea the Giant , to school every day.

 I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.” —  Mark Twain

Emily Dickinson  wrote over 1,800 poems. Only seven were published in her lifetime, all without her consent.

If you don't feel like you are writing somewhat over your head, why do it? If you don't have some doubt of your authority to tell ...

“I am faced with a stark choice between being a bad correspondent and being a good novelist.” —  Neal Stephenson

“Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader—not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.” —  E.L. D...

“I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.” —  Peter De Vries

“Every author, as far as he is great and at the same time original, has had the task of creating the taste by which he is to be enjoyed.” — ...