“Here's a secret: fictive text doesn't necessarily flow easily. Most of the time it's more like cutting a highway through a mountain. You just have to keep working with your pick, chipping away at the rock, making slow progress.” WritingSecretCuttingProgressRocksMountainPicksFlowHighwaysChipping AwaySlow Progress Author:Piers Anthony
“Don't talk about it - you'll talk it away. Let the ideas flow from your mind to the page without exposing them to air. Especially hot air.” WritingMindIdeasAirPagesFlowHotExposingHot Air Author:Tom Robbins
“So you're stuck. Every time your madman starts to write, your judge pounces on him... So start by promising your judge that you'll get around to asking his opinion, but not now. And then let the madman energy flow... Save details for the judge.” WritingEnergyOpinionJudgingFlowAskingDetailsStuckNow And ThenMadmenEnergy Flow Author:Betty Sue Flowers
“Music's always part of my writing. I think all art is interconnected. You can't create or experience one without its influences bleeding into another. In my writing, music's mostly something that feeds my inspiration and mood while I'm writing, but it's also taught me how to score scenes and even novels. The rise and fall of the storyline echoes the flow of a good piece of music.” ThinkingWritingArtInspirationFallNovelPiecesInfluenceTaughtSceneArt IsFlowMoodScoreEchoesBleedingInterconnectedWriting MusicRise And FallStoryline Author:Charles de Lint
“It's not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.” ThinkingWritingPersonsSoulMatterFormFlow Author:Anton Chekhov