8th July 2016 | for Creatives | reading, artist integrity, writing, KEEP CREATING, value the art, Steve Gillis |
"Write. And read. Read and write daily and listen to your gut. Trust yourself and take yourself seriously. Close out distractions. Choose your own influences."
"We know in our deep and private places that we have a responsibility to take on things that draw our attention and to turn them into these mysterious objects—poems and stories—that illuminate, that offer an objection to the status quo, that warn and empower."
"Use that time for writing your novel and for reading great books. That will make your chances of getting published much stronger than any Facebook post ever will."
"An abandoned story at page one or page 356 has the same value as a story you never wrote in the first place."
"I think books should be cheaper. I want books to be accessible. If books are precious (and as a result, expensive), then publishers win, readers lose, and by proxy, writers lose, too."
"Know what you're trying to make; know it; practice it. Just write, and write seriously, and don't worry about genre too much. Create something brand new."
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