{"quotes":[{"text":"I write these words to touch you,My love, In places my hands can only dream of.","author":"Jenim Dibie","tags":["dream","jenim-dibie","life","love","poetry","touch","words","write","writes","writing","written"],"id":19044,"author_id":"Jenim+Dibie"},{"text":"Love writes without words.","author":"A.D. Posey","tags":["ad-posey","inspirational","love","stories","story","storytellers","storytelling","words","write","writers","writes","writing","writing"],"id":30771,"author_id":"A.D.+Posey"},{"text":"I'm often dismayed by the sludge I see appearing on my screen if I approach writing as a task--the day's work--and not with some enjoyment.","author":"William Zinsser","tags":["on-writing","on-writing-well","write","writer","writers","writes","writing","writing-advice","written","wrote"],"id":183425,"author_id":"William+Zinsser"},{"text":"Beware, then, of the long word that's no better than the short word: 'assistance' (help), 'numerous' (many), 'facilitate' (ease), 'Individual' (man or woman), 'remainder' (rest), 'initial' (first), 'implement' (do), 'sufficient' (enough), 'attempt' (try), 'referred to as' (called), and hundreds more. Beware of all the slippery new fad words: paradigm and parameter, prioritize and potentialize. They are all weeds that will smother what you write. Don't dialogue with someone you can talk to. Don't interface with anybody.","author":"William Zinsser","tags":["write","writer","writes","writing","writing-advice"],"id":200468,"author_id":"William+Zinsser"},{"text":"There are some writers who sweep us along so strongly in their current of energy--Normal mailer, Tom Wolfe, Toni Morrison, William F. Buckley, Jr., Hunter Thompson, David Foster Wallace, Dave Eggers--that we assume that when they go to work the words just flow. Nobody thinks of the effort they made every morning to turn on the switch. You also have to turn on the switch. Nobody is going to do it for you.","author":"William Zinsser","tags":["motivation","on-writing","on-writing-well","write","writer","writers","writers-life","writes","writing","writing-advice","written","wrote"],"id":206740,"author_id":"William+Zinsser"},{"text":"It wont do to say that the reader is too dumb or too lazy to keep pace with the train of thought. If the reader is lost, it's usually because the writer hasn't been careful enough.","author":"William Zinsser","tags":["how-to-write","nonfiction","on-writing","write","writer","writes","writing"],"id":248214,"author_id":"William+Zinsser"},{"text":"Let your light shine from the inside out.","author":"Juliet M Sampson","tags":["inspiration","inspirational","juliet-m-sampson","writer","writers-life","writes"],"id":257794,"author_id":"Juliet+M+Sampson"},{"text":"There are few experiences as depressing as that anxious barren state known as writer's block, where you sit staring at your blank page like a cadaver, feeling your mind congeal, feeling you talent run down your leg and into your sock.","author":"Anne Lamott","tags":["write","writer","writer-problems","writer-s-block","writes","writing"],"id":302486,"author_id":"Anne+Lamott"},{"text":"Action is the ink that writes what you think on the pages of life!","author":"Constance Chuks Friday","tags":["action","ink","lifestyle","mind","mindset","pages","write","writes","you"],"id":353330,"author_id":"Constance+Chuks+Friday"},{"text":"It wont do to say that the reader is too dumb or too lazy to keep pace with the train of thought. If the reader is lost, it's usually because the writer hasn't be careful enough.","author":"William Zinsser","tags":["on-writing","write","writer","writes","writing","writing-advice","writing-process"],"id":354057,"author_id":"William+Zinsser"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":15,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}