You can teach almost anyone determined to learn them the basics required to write sentences and paragraphs that say what you want them to say clearly and concisely. It's far more difficult to get people to think like a writer, to give up conventional habits of mind and emotion. You must be able to step inside your character's skin, and at the same time to remain outside the dicey circumstances you have maneuvered her into.
I can’t remember how many times I advised students to stop writing the sunny hours and write from where it hurts: No one wants to read polite. It put… - Anne Bernays
I can’t remember how many times I advised students to stop writing the sunny hours and write from where it hurts: No one wants to read polite. It put…
- Anne Bernays
Nice writing isn't enough. It isn't enough to have smooth and pretty language. You have to surprise the reader frequently, you can't just be nice all… - Anne Bernays
Nice writing isn't enough. It isn't enough to have smooth and pretty language. You have to surprise the reader frequently, you can't just be nice all…
Tell a female she's thin and she's yours for life. - Anne Bernays
Tell a female she's thin and she's yours for life.
Publishers never tell writers anything. They're all crazy and they drive me crazy. - Anne Bernays
Publishers never tell writers anything. They're all crazy and they drive me crazy.
There's a sureness to good writing even when what's being written about doesn't make all that much sense. It's the sureness of the so-called seat of … - Anne Bernays
There's a sureness to good writing even when what's being written about doesn't make all that much sense. It's the sureness of the so-called seat of …
It sounds shameful, but on my best days I write only about three or four hours. - Anne Bernays
It sounds shameful, but on my best days I write only about three or four hours.
You can teach almost anyone determined to learn them the basics required to write sentences and paragraphs that say what you want them to say clearly… - Anne Bernays
You can teach almost anyone determined to learn them the basics required to write sentences and paragraphs that say what you want them to say clearly…
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