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“I made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing.”

“I made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing.”

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming.”

“There is no ceremony, no initiation ritual, no secret hand-shake. All you need to be a writer is to write.”

“The process of creation is also the process of fooling myself into thinking that whatever I am doing does not matter.”

“The most important task is to figure out what your characters’ goals, history, and personality quirks are—what they most want from life, and why.”

“I have written a great many stories & I still don’t know how to go about it except to write it & take my chances.”

“Commit yourself to the process, NOT the project. Don’t be afraid to write badly, everyone does.”

The next best thing after finishing writing a chapter is starting a new one.