WRITING

10 Ways to Be a Better Writer In 2022

The “Literary Listicle” you didn’t know you needed

I’m no expert, but look at these few. And enjoy the start to your 2022!

“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.” — Joan Didion

“Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs.” — Christopher Hampton

“The most healthy thing is to be true to your own self, but also, that you have a right to express what you see and what you feel and what you think. To be bold.” — Alice Walker

“Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.” — Terry Pratchett

“I hate writing, I love having written.” — Dorothy Parker

“Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” — Mark Twain

“It is what you don’t write that frequently gives what you do write its power.”— Toni Morrison

“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” — Louis L’Amour

“You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.” — Jodi Picoult

“When you’re writing you’re trying to find out something which you don’t know.” — James Baldwin