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Writing is like bricklaying; you put down one word after another. Sometimes the wall goes up straight and true and sometimes it doesn't and you have to push it down and start again, but you don't stop; it's your trade.

— Geraldine Brooks

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✓Similar Perspectives

Writing, for me, is a very fluid process. I sit down and wait for the words to come. They usually do - in buckets and waves. I look upon it as a blessing because the words come so easily.

— Sharon Draper

Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I, for one, must get it out.

— C. S. Lewis

Writing is sometimes a balancing act between keeping things easily readable and being accurate.

— Susanna Kearsley

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

— E. L. Doctorow

My idea of writing is of unflinching and continual effort, somehow trying to find the right words until you reach a point where you can make no further progress and you either have something or you don't.

— James Salter

Writing is a muscle that needs to be exercised every day: The more you write, the easier it becomes.

— Jane Green

The tough thing about writing is you go into a room alone, you close the door and you do your work.

— Randy Wayne White

Flat or uninteresting writing often signals something deeper that is being covered up.

— Kathi Appelt

✗Opposing Perspectives

Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.

— Bill Simmons

In my office I have a sign that says, 'Don't think. Just write!' and that's how I work. I try not to worry about each word, or even each sentence or paragraph. For me, stories evolve. Writing is a process. I rewrite each sentence, each manuscript, many times.

— David A. Adler