First, Get The Story Down. Resist The Urge To Rework Your Opening Line Or Paragraph. The Perfect Opening

“First, get the story down. Resist the urge to rework your opening line or paragraph. The perfect opening may be the last thing you write. Once you have the story down, you can begin the real work.”

— Angela Savage, Award-winning Australian Writer (via rookiebooknookie)

my brain, interrupting my daydream: this is poorly researched and the narrative is not compelling

RAVENCLAW: “When you publish a book, it’s the world’s book. The world edits it.” –Philip Roth

controversial writing tip

open a document and start writing

me: “god, i would give my heart and soul for this character”

also me: “so anyway what’s the worst thing that could happen to them?”

“I hate writing, I love having written.”

— Dorothy Parker (via imaginethewords)