This week's writing tips come from American poet, playwright, and memoirist Gertrude Stein.
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This week's writing tips come from American poet, playwright, and memoirist Gertrude Stein.
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“Be direct. Indirectness ruins good writing. There is inner confusion in the world today, and because of it, people are turning back to old standards like children to their mothers. This makes indirect writing.”
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“Be direct. Indirectness ruins good writing. There is inner confusion in the world today, and because of it, people are turning back to old standards like children to their mothers. This makes indirect writing.”
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“Every writer must have common sense. He must be sensitive and serious. But he must not grow solemn. He must not listen to himself. If he does, he might as well be under a tombstone. When he takes himself solemnly, he has no more to say. Yet he must despise nothing, not even solemn people. They are part of life, and it’s his job to write about life.”
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“Every writer must have common sense. He must be sensitive and serious. But he must not grow solemn. He must not listen to himself. If he does, he might as well be under a tombstone. When he takes himself solemnly, he has no more to say. Yet he must despise nothing, not even solemn people. They are part of life, and it’s his job to write about life.”
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“When one writes a thing — when you discover and then put it down, which is the essence of discovering it — one is done with it. What people get out of it is none of the writer’s business.”
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“When one writes a thing — when you discover and then put it down, which is the essence of discovering it — one is done with it. What people get out of it is none of the writer’s business.”
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