Comments on: Write What You Want to Read

By: Writers’ Conference: Keynote 2 « Intrepid Eddie

Writers’ Conference: Keynote 2 « Intrepid Eddie — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:38:20 +0000

[...] credit for that bit of wisdom, and judging by a cursory search on the Internet, it’s commonly known among writers. It seems painfully obvious… how have I never heard [...]

By: Chung Nguyen-Le

Chung Nguyen-Le — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:50:22 +0000

Hiya Deb I found your blog via Brad Shorr at Word Sell Inc whilst selecting his content for The Write Network. I saw the title of your article and thought I would say hi and contribute with one of my favourite quotes. This one by Toni Morrison:

If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it. If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it.

I think anyone interested in writing could find some inspiration from that quote. Love it. Chung Nguyen-Le’s last blog post..Writing a Business Email

By: --Deb

--Deb — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:14:28 +0000

It's absolutely true--writing something that you yourself would want to read seems absolutely key, and yet so many people don't think that way! --Deb’s last blog post..How NOT to Get Your Novel Published

By: Melissa Donovan

Melissa Donovan — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:08:29 +0000

I just popped in to say hi, and I hope you haven’t been blogging because you’re too busy writing fiction and querying agents

Melissa Donovan’s last blog post..From Creative Writing to Creative Marketing

By: J

Wed, 27 May 2009 04:31:35 +0000

I've heard this before...mostly in writer interviews. Someone asks, why did you write this book, and the author says, because it's what I want to read. Love this advice. I don't write non-fiction, so it doesn't apply to me. But then again, maybe it does. What if we take this advice into our non-fiction writing as well? What kind of email would you want to read? What kind of blog post? What kind of tech document. That's the best way to approach any kind of writing, I think. J’s last blog post..The Hearts of Horses

By: --Deb

--Deb — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:35:11 +0000

@Barb–”Write short but read long.” I LIKE that!

And, yeah, just as soon as I find a publisher … anybody know one? (grin)

By: Barb Hartsook

Barb Hartsook — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:04:03 +0000

I don’t write fiction — yet I tell stories with words and drawings. Some of my stories are examples of searching for solutions or answers to questions I ask. (And I seem to have many.) I draw inferences and use metaphor (fictional, I suppose).

If what I write doesn’t please me to read later, I ignore it. (Lots of that too.)

My favorite reading is good stories — usually with twists or a puzzle to solve. Stories in which people grow in character… uplifting with hope, overcoming obstacles. While I don’t write novels, I suppose what I do write fits those parameters.

I write short, but I read long. And all the time, as you do — except not while brushing my teeth. Haha! If I don’t have the next book or two, I panic. I go nowhere without a book to read and a journal to write in.

You’ve sold me on your trilogy — when do we get to read it?

By: --Deb

--Deb — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:54:55 +0000

Lillie, it’s not the finishing that’s (so) hard, it’s the getting them published part that’s tricky! Believe me, I would LOVE for you to have a chance to read them!

By: Lillie Ammann

Lillie Ammann — Tue, 19 May 2009 07:26:17 +0000

Deb, Get those novels finished. I'm eager to read them. Lillie Ammann’s last blog post..The Taylors Coming to Visit

By: Carmen

Carmen — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:54:21 +0000

I couldn't have said it better myself! Writing what you yourself would want to read is a message I'm still trying to get across to my students. I'm bored to tears when it's time to grade research papers! Carmen’s last blog post..One More Week....