"It is my contention that a really great novel is made with a knife and not a pen. A novelist must have the intestinal fortitude to cut out even the most brilliant passage so long as it doesn’t advance the story."
~ Frank Yerby (via planb-becomeapirate). Some of the best storytelling advice there is, and some of the hardest to follow. (via wnycradiolab)
(Source: writingquotes, via wnycradiolab)
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I am so torn between wanting to start writing...
i’m not necessarily the first to have this...