“If you write 50 songs, you're bound to write at least a dozen good ones.” IfsWritingSongBoundsDozen Author:Mickey Melchiondo
“I tend to write things seven times before I show them to my editor. I write them seven times, then I take them on tour, read them like a dozen times on tour, then go back to the room and rewrite, read and rewrite... I would never show him a first draft, because then he's really going to be sick of it by the twelfth draft.” WritingFirstsShowsRoomsSickSevenEditorsDozenEditing Author:David Sedaris
“There are dozens of writings outside of the Bible that verify the historical accuracy of many of the names of people, places, and events mentioned in the Bible. In fact, external sources verify that at least eighty persons mentioned in the Bible were actual historical figures. Fifty people from the Old Testament, and thirty people from the New Testament.” PeopleWritingPersonsFactsNamesEventsFiguresSourceBibleHistoricalThirtyFiftyDozenTestamentEightyNew TestamentAccuracyOld TestamentVerifyHistorical FigureHistorical Accuracy Author:Charlie Campbell
“You grow a whole lot more as a writer by getting old stories out of the house and letting new ones come in and live with you until they grow up and are ready to go. Don't let the old ones stay there and grow fat and cranky and eat all the food out of the refrigerator. You have dozens of generations of stories inside you, but the only way to make room for the new ones is to write the old ones and mail them off.” WayWritingWholeStoriesHouseGrowsRoomsGrowing UpGenerationsReadyFatsDozenMailGetting OldRefrigeratorsCranky Author:Orson Scott Card