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September 15, 2020June 5, 2026

Is the customer always right? Of course not. This is not 1950. Are we word slaves at the service of tyrannical bosses? Nope. If Read More...

A raunchy poem General George S. Patton, Jr., had his daughter recite in school.

August 15, 2020June 5, 2026

For years, (Patton’s daughters) had been made to memorize a poem each week — Patton called it a “brain Read More...

The day Beirut, Lebanon, blew up: An example of outstanding writing.

August 5, 2020June 5, 2026

Here is an example of wonderfully descriptive writing. This is part of an article about the gigantic port explosion in Read More...

The last reporter in town had one big question for his rich boss.

July 10, 2020June 5, 2026

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The first time I was so absorbed in writing a story that I lost awareness of everything else.

July 4, 2020June 5, 2026

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Quarantined and curfewed in Los Angeles County.

June 1, 2020June 5, 2026

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Advice to a screenplay client: Trust the professionals.

May 30, 2020June 5, 2026

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Manufacturers: For chrissakes, stop with the bad English!

May 8, 2020June 5, 2026

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Public relations considerations during the coronavirus pandemic.

April 30, 2020June 5, 2026

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Coronavirus is holding the world hostage.

April 30, 2020June 5, 2026

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The reason 99% of all stories written are not bought by editors is very simple. Editors never buy manuscripts that are left on the closet shelf at home.

John Campbell

I do not over-intellectualize the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story.

Tom Clancy

Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any.

Orson Scott Card

If you have an idea that you genuinely think is good, don’t let some idiot talk you out of it.

Stan Lee

Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.

Michael Burke

It always comes down to characters, and individual stories about courage.

Steven Bochco

Read a thousand books and your words will flow like a river.

Lisa See

If you wait for inspiration to write, you’re not a writer. You’re a waiter.

Dan Poynter

I’m writing a book. I’ve got the page numbers done.

Stephen Wright

The character that lasts is an ordinary guy with some extraordinary qualities.

Raymond Chandler

I have long felt that any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has just put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae or banana split.

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr

I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.

Roald Dahl

Editor: A person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.

Elbert Hubbard

The fact is, I don’t know where my ideas come from. Nor does any writer. The only real answer is to drink way too much coffee and buy yourself a desk that doesn’t collapse when you beat your head against it.

Douglas Adams

Ever heard of a carpenter not going to work because he has “carpenter’s block”? If a writer can’t write, it’s because he doesn’t really want to, he isn’t ready to get it on paper or he’s just plain lazy.

Chet Cunningham

There are three primal urges in human beings: Food, sex, and rewriting someone else’s play.

Romulus Linney

Stories are never too long or too short. They’re too interesting or too boring.

William Shawn

Writers aren’t people exactly. Or, if they’re any good, they’re a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Work on a computer that is disconnected from the Internet.

Zadie Smith

If you haven’t got an idea, start a story anyway. You can always throw it away, and maybe by the time you get to the fourth page you will have an idea, and you’ll only have to throw away the first three pages.