Most writers tend to get worse rather than better. I'm determined to be one that gets better.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are probably many, many people who are better writers than me.
I try to read writers who are better than me because it inspires me to be better.
Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they don't try or give up when their efforts don't lead to a masterpiece right away. If you work at it, you will improve.
Working with great writers can be humbling and frightening, but it can also change you for good, forever.
Just writing a lot doesn't necessarily make you a better writer. You have to hear yourself as a writer, and the best way to do that is to read your writing out loud.
I think writing well takes a little bit of talent and an awful lot of work.
I'm a competent novelist. I'm getting better. But I'm a really good short story writer.
When writing isn't going well-then the bad thing about being a writer is that I also have the freedom and flexibility to do something badly, and no one else can fix it for me.
Being an editor doesn't make you a better writer - or vice versa. The worst thing any editor can do is be in competition with his writer.
I personally feel I still have so much to learn as a writer; each novel is better than the one before, just because I'm getting better at it.