“I think for the less experienced writer, thinking always about the five senses and to try and include them as much as possible. Also, it’s very important to not let the editor inhibit you and just allow yourself to write and write. And the more you write,...
“Very few people make it to the end, very few people get published, but even fewer people who want to write a story actually finish. And there’s a lot of regret there. So my, my clarion call to anybody who even brings that up to me is if you start it, do...
“You cannot wait for somebody else to give you the keys. Make your best idea and make it right now the best way that you can right now. Do not wait. You are a machine that can just generate idea after idea after idea, and you need to make your thing right now...
“Writer’s block is a symptom of you don’t know enough. Imagine the most extraordinary thing that ever happened to you. Can you remember who was there, what you were wearing, what the sights, the sounds, the smells were. Now go out and randomly pick...
“It has to pay off in the moment or we simply won’t do it. If I say to myself, well, I’m gonna write this, but I don’t care if anybody reads it until after I’m dead, maybe you would. I’m never gonna write that because I can’t...
