Writing 101

“Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no shortcut.” 

—William Faulkner (1897-1962), Nobel Prize-winning American novelist, The Paris Review, 1956.

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“I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard