‘The scariest manifestation of writer’s block comes when writing the first draft. You have to trust that the words will come. You must ignore the devil on your shoulder that insists that they won’t.’
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‘Publishers call it editing. Writers call it killing your darlings. As if you’re drowning kittens, or choosing which of your children to leave at the orphanage. ‘
‘Most often I get stuck at the ends and beginnings and of chapters. I can’t start the next chapter until the end of the last one is right. ‘
‘I’ve learned the hard way that the best thing to do is wait, until one idea out-shouts the others, and the clamour dies down. ‘