Don Roff
It's my belief that people enter your life at exactly the right time.Collection: Time
A day of bad writing is always better than a day of no writing.Collection: Writing
When you print out your manuscript and read it, marking up with a pen, it sometimes feels like a criminal returning to the scene of a crime.Collection: Criminals
But people in a small town tend to do a lot of talking, even when they don’t know what they’re talking about.Collection: Talking
A writer always writes.Collection: Writing
The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement.Collection: Art
Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it.Collection: Expectations
Regarding the creative: never assume you're the master, only the student. Your audience will determine if you're masterful.Collection: Creative
Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.Collection: Procrastination
There is no right or wrong way to write a novel. Each journey is different for every individual work and for every writer. The first error is never to begin; the second is never to finish.Collection: Writing
If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals.Collection: Character
Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.Collection: Block
Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.Collection: Writing
Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity. Don’t invite either into your mind.Collection: Fear
Love it when a compelling new character kicks open your mental door, tracks mud across your brain, and props their feet up on your cerebrum.Collection: Character
Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and you'll never have a problem coming up with decent fiction.Collection: Writing
Writing a story, regardless of length, begins always with a single word.Collection: Writing
When you're writing what you love, it's the most fun you can have with your clothing still on, unless of course, you write naked.Collection: Fun
A migraine is the cockblock of writing.Collection: Writing
You can be a writer who doesnt read everyday. But youre not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work.Collection: Everyday
It’s hard to land a devastating jab/cross/hook/uppercut combo to your reader’s imagination when you’re telegraphing your punches.Collection: Land
Authors must spend months, years making fantasy believable in a single work while reality runs rampant and complete chaos elsewhere.Collection: Running
Always work with/surround yourself with people who help make you a better version of you. Kindly avoid those who don't.Collection: People
Any conversation including the mention of Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, or Emily Dickinson is one worth getting into or at least eavesdropping.Collection: Rays
If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes nothing more than a tawdry parlor trick. All flash and no magic, and worst of all, no heart.Collection: Character