10th April 2017 | for Creatives | writing, artist's voice, protect the art, Walter Mosley, formal arts education |
"Many writers, and teachers of writing, spend so much time comparing work to past masters that they lose the contemporary voice of the novel being created on this day."
"You've got to protect your voice and your vision from everybody, really. Even the best-intentioned editors. And I mean, I love my editor; I've been with Vicky Wilson for over 35 years. She's wonderful, and her remarks on the finished manuscript are always terrific. But I don't go to her to discuss a germinating idea."
"If you want to write believable fiction, you will have to cross over the line of your self-restraint and revel in the words and ideas that you would never express in your everyday life."
"The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do every day. ... There are two reasons for this rule: getting the work done and connecting with your unconscious mind."
"Your body and brain are the Story-Engine. Keep them primed to write."
"I believe that every writer must stand behind his work, and so completely and forever. To allow alterations or perversions of the work is unconscionable."
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