Background Image
Don't try to write what other people are writing - write what is true to you.
-Richard Paul Evans
Please Wait....
Translating....

Don't Try To Write What Other People

Richard Paul Evans
Don't try to write what other people are writing - write what is true to you.
Views: 1
Cite this Page
Prevent plagiarism by providing proper attribution.
APA FORMAT
Embed this Quote
Copy this HTML code to embed the quote on your website or blog.
HTML CODE
Topic
Writing People Trying

More From Richard Paul Evans

The secret to writing is just to write. write every day. never stop writing. write on every surface you see; write on people on the street. when the cops come to arrest you, write on the cops. write on the police car. write on the judge. i'm in jail forever now, and the prison cell walls are completely covered with my writing, and i keep writing on the writing i wrote. that's my method.
Wall Writing Cells
I have a hard time writing. most writers have a hard time writing. i have a harder time than most because i'm lazier than most. [...] the other problem i have is fear of writing. the act of writing puts you in confrontation with yourself, which is why i think writers assiduously avoid writing. [...] not writing is more of a psychological problem than a writing problem. all the time i'm not writing i feel like a criminal. [...] it's horrible to feel felonious every second of the day. especially when it goes on for years. it's much more relaxing actually to work.
Writing Hard Times Thinking
People who write for reward by way of recognition or monetary gain don't know what they're doing. they're in the category of those who write; they are not writers. writing is simply something you must do. it's rather like virtue in that it is its own reward. writing is selfish and contradictory in its terms. first of all, you're writing for an audience of one, you must please the one person you're writing for. yourself.
Selfish Writing Audience Of One
Essentially, the scripts are not that different. let's say, in literary terms, it's the difference between writing horizontally and writing vertically. in live television, you wrote much more vertically. you had to probe people because you didn't have money or sets or any of the physical dimensions that film will allow you. so you generally probed people a little bit more. film writing is much more horizontal. you can insert anything you want: meadows, battlefields, the taj mahal, a cast of thousands. but essentially, writing a story is writing a story.
Writing Differences People
Planning to write is not writing. outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing - none of that is writing. writing is writing. writing is like driving at night in the fog. you can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
Writing Night Fog
I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. i just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all it is cracked up to be. but writing is. writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. that thing you had to force yourself to do - the actual act of writing - turns out to be the best part. it's like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really needed was the tea ceremony. the act of writing turns out to be its own reward.
Writing People Giving
Similar Quotes
I have never thought of myself as a good writer. anyone who wants reassurance of that should read one of my first drafts. but i'm one of the world's great rewriters.
Writing World Want
The sound of a word is at least as important as the meaning.
Writing Important Sound
I write everything down. i e-mail the second i think of something, or i write notes in my blackberry calendar. i set up reminder alerts on my phone. and i have a notebook by my bedside so i can write down any last-minute ideas.
Notebook Writing Thinking
You learn best by reading a lot and writing a lot, and the most valuable lessons of all are the ones you teach yourself.
Reading Writing Lessons

Trending Author

George P. Shultz
George P. Shultz
Desi Arnaz
Desi Arnaz
Peter Matthiessen
Peter Matthiessen
Maxine Hong Kingston
Maxine Hong Kingston
Karlie Kloss
Karlie Kloss
Eden Phillpotts
Eden Phillpotts
Category
Information
Inspirational
Philosophy
Personal Growth
Happiness & Joy
Life Lessons
Success & Business
Motivation