22nd May 2017 | for Creatives | reading, writing, value the art, Nicki Porter, never stop LEARNING |
"The more you read, the more nuggets you file away, the more gold in your stores, the richer your writing will be."
"Want to come up with great book ideas? Looking to improve your writing skills? Hoping to turn your writing into a profitable business? Then be a reader!"
"Literature does not occur in a vacuum. It cannot be a monologue. It has to be a conversation, and new people, new readers, need to be brought into the conversation too."
"If you like fantasy and you want to be the next Tolkien, don't read big Tolkienesque fantasies—Tolkien didn't read big Tolkienesque fantasies, he read books on Finnish philology. Go and read outside of your comfort zone, go and learn stuff."
"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 become the stories we listen to, read, and tell. That is the power of a story."
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