Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it..

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..

A writer always writes..

If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes no….

Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible..

Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton..

There is no right or wrong way to write a novel. Each journey is different for every individual work and for every writer. The first error is never t….

It's my belief that people enter your life at exactly the right time..

It’s hard to land a devastating jab/cross/hook/uppercut combo to your reader’s imagination when you’re telegraphing your punches..

Love it when a compelling new character kicks open your mental door, tracks mud across your brain, and props their feet up on your cerebrum..

Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode..

The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement..

Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and you'll never have a problem coming up with decent fiction..

If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals..

Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity. Don’t invite either into your mind..

You can be a writer who doesnt read everyday. But youre not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work..

Authors must spend months, years making fantasy believable in a single work while reality runs rampant and complete chaos elsewhere..

Always work with/surround yourself with people who help make you a better version of you. Kindly avoid those who don't..

A migraine is the cockblock of writing..

Any conversation including the mention of Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, or Emily Dickinson is one worth getting into or at least eavesdropping..

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