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Stephen King quotes about writing

Author, Writer September 21, 1947

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It seems to occur to few of the attendees [of a writing retreat] that if you have a feel you just can't describe, you might just be, I don't know, kind of like, my sense of it is, maybe in the wrong fucking class. Stephen King
Stephen King quote: "Outlines are the last resource of bad fiction writers who wish..."
Outlines are the last resource of bad fiction writers who wish to God they were writing masters' theses. Stephen King
Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot of difference. They don't have to make speeches. Just believing is usually enough. Stephen King
Stephen King quote: "We either learn to accept or we end up writing letters home..."
We either learn to accept or we end up writing letters home with crayons. Stephen King
When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest. Stephen King
So okay - there you are in your room with the shade down and the door shut and the plug pulled out of the base of the telephone. You've blown up your TV and committed yourself to a thousand words a day, come hell or high water. Now comes the big question: What are you going to write about? And the equally big answer: Anything you damn well want. Stephen King
Stephen King quote: "You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of..."
You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you. Stephen King
People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have a heart of a small boy...and I keep it in a jar at my desk. Stephen King
Stephen King quote: "Read a lot, write a lot is the great commandment."
Read a lot, write a lot is the great commandment. Stephen King
Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open. Your stuff starts out being just for you, in other words, but then it goes out. Once you know what the story is and get it right? as right as you can, anyway? it belongs to anyone who wants to read it. Or criticize it. Stephen King
If you turned in a paper with writing on it, you were guaranteed a hook from Jake Epping of the LHS English Department, and if the writing was organized into actual paragraphs, you got at least a B-minus. Stephen King
The real importance of reading is that it creates an ease and intimacy with the process of writing; one comes to the country of the writer with one's papers and identification pretty much in order. Stephen King
Stephen King quote: "on why he writes the things he writes:"Because I have the..."
on why he writes the things he writes:"Because I have the heart of a small boy... and I keep it in a jar on my desk. Stephen King
Stephen King quote: "Writing fiction for money is a mug's game."
Writing fiction for money is a mug's game. Stephen King
I’m often asked if I think the beginning writer of fiction can benefit from writing classes or seminars. The people who ask are, all too often, looking for a magic bullet or a secret ingredient or possibly Dumbo’s magic feather, none of which can be found in classrooms or at writing retreats, no matter how enticing the brochures may be. Stephen King

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