Reading Writing Quotes to Help Alleviate Writer's Block

As a writer, I’ve discovered that reading writing quotes gives me a boost when I’m experiencing writers block or basically in a rut or funk when it comes to writing. Reading writing quotes always helps to spark my creativity and re-engage in the writing process. In fact, I even created my own writing quote several years ago when I was in a writing slump and needed some encouragement. The quote is: Writing to me is like gasoline to an automobile, without it I would be immobilized. And, this is so true, writing is what feeds my soul.

Since I enjoy reading writing quotes, I wanted to share some of my favorites with you.

I hope you enjoying reading them as much as I do.

Until next time, peace.

Sharing our stories can also be a means of healing. Grief and loss may isolate us, and anger may alienate us. Shared with others, these emotions can be powerfully uniting, as we see that we are not alone, and realize that others weep with us.
Susan Wittig Albert

Detail makes the difference between boring and terrific writing. It’s the difference between a pencil sketch and a lush oil painting. As a writer, words are your paint. Use all the colors.
Rhys Alexander

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 W. Campbell

It is perfectly okay to write garbage – as long as you edit brilliantly.
C. J. Cherryh

Find the key emotion; this may be all you need know to find your short story.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Don't be dismayed by the opinions of editors, or critics. They are only the traffic cops of the arts.
Gene Fowler

Plotting is like sex. Plotting is about desire and satisfaction, anticipation and release. You have to arouse your reader's desire to know what happens, to unravel the mystery, to see good triumph. You have to sustain it, keep it warm, feed it, just a little bit, not too much at a time, as your story goes on. That's called suspense. It can bring desire to a frenzy, in which case you are in a good position to bring off a wonderful climax.

Colin Greenland

Plotting isn't like sex, because you can go back and adjust it afterwards. Whether you plan your story beforehand or not, if the climax turns out to be the revelation that the mad professor's anti-gravity device actually works, you must go back and silently delete all those flying cars buzzing around the city on page one. If you want to reveal something, you need to hide it properly first.
Colin Greenland

Fiction is a lie, and good fiction is the truth inside the lie.
Stephen King

I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose.
Stephen King

The reader has certain rights. He bought your story. Think of this as an implicit contract. He's entitled to be entertained, instructed, amused; maybe all three. If he quits in the middle, or puts the book down feeling his time has been wasted, you're in violation.
Larry Niven

Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to those who have none.
Jules Renard

Don't mistake a good setup for a satisfying conclusion -- many beginning writers end their stories when the real story is just ready to begin.
Stanley Schmidt

I write fiction because it's a way of making statements I can disown.
Tom Stoppard

Characterization is an accident that flows out of action and dialogue.
Jack Woodford

© Carla J. Curtis, September 2015