“Criticism and rejection are not personal insults, but your artistic component will not know that. It will quiver and wince and run to cover, and you will have trouble in luring it out again to observe and weave tales and find words for all the thousand shades of feeling that go to make up a story.”
This book provides practical guidance on the process of writing, covering topics such as developing a writing routine, honing one's voice, and navigating the challenges of the writing life. more
Dorothea Brande, born in 1893 and died in 1948, was a British writer. She is known for her unique writing techniques and guidance methods, particularly for her influential book 'The Art of Writing'. more
“Is it not clear that a reviewer's psyche, like an iceberg, is seven-eighths beneath the surface?”
“I can get very depressed by a review that is unfair, unreasonable, and totally destructive.”