1. “If you’re only going to write when you’re inspired, you may be a fairly decent poet, but you will never be a novelist — because you’re going to have to make your word count today, and those words aren’t going to wait for you, whether you’re inspired or not.”
2. “You have to finish things — that’s what you learn from, you learn by finishing things.”
3. “Tell your story. Don’t try and tell the stories that other people can tell.”
4. “There will always be better writers than you, there will always be smarter writers than you … but you are the only you.”
5. “On the whole, anything that gets you writing and keeps you writing is a good thing. Anything that stops you writing is a bad thing. If you find your writers group stopping you from writing, then drop it.”
6. “The best advice I can give on revision is, once it’s done, to put it away until you can read it with new eyes.”
7. “Fix it. Remember that, sooner or later, before it ever reaches perfection, you will have to let it go and move on and start to write the next thing. Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.”
8. “Try things out. Enjoy yourself. If you find a writer you like, write like them. And then sound like something else. Write anything. Don’t worry about it being good or read by other people. Just play, and play a lot.”
9. “The more things you see, the more places you go, the more lives you touch, the more you will be able to write truthfully,”
10. “Don’t obsess over grammar. If you have to obsess, obsess over clarity. Write as clearly as you can. When it works, there’s a magic in writing: you can get an idea out of your head and into someone else’s. That’s your goal.”
Neil Gaiman
Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman was born November 10, 1960, Portchester, United Kingdom. He is an English Author that writes novels, graphic novels, comic books, and television. Gaiman is best known for his comic book Series The Sandman, and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book, which he was awarded the Newbery and the Carnegie medals, making him the first author to win both awards for the same work. He has also won Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, and In 2013 Gaiman was honored with the Best book of the Year for his work The Ocean at the End of the Lane.
“Write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can.”
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