“If you would write emotionally, be first unemotional. If you would move your readers to tears, do not let them see you cry.” IfsWritingFirstsMovingCryTearsReaderUnemotional Book:The Writer's Art Source: The Writer's Art
“Use familiar words-words that your readers will understand, and not words they will have to look up. No advice is more elementary, and no advice is more difficult to accept. When we feel an impulse to use a marvelously exotic word, let us lie down until the impulse goes away.” FeelsWritingLooksUseLyingLanguageDifficultAcceptingAdviceReaderFamiliarImpulseLook UpExotic Book:The Writer's Art Source: The Writer's Art
“The chief difference between good writing and better writing may be measured by the number of imperceptible hesitations the reader experiences as he goes along.” WritingMayDifferencesNumbersReaderChiefsHesitationGood Writing Book:The Writer's Art Source: The Writer's Art
“Style is important, but content comes first.” WritingFirstsImportantStyle Author:James J. Kilpatrick
“Five common traits of good writers: (1) They have something to say. (2) They read widely and have done so since childhood. (3) They possess what Isaac Asimov calls a "capacity for clear thought," able to go from point to point in an orderly sequence, an A to Z approach. (4) They're geniuses at putting their emotions into words. (5) They possess an insatiable curiosity, constantly asking Why and How.” WritingDoneAbleCommonEmotionClearFiveChildhoodGeniusApproachCapacityAskingCuriosityTraitsSequenceOrderlyGood WritersInsatiableIsaacAsking Why Author:James J. Kilpatrick
