Author: Germ Magazine

“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” –Terry Pratchett

“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.” –Ernest Hemingway

“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.” –Lloyd Alexander

“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.” –Anne Frank

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” –Stephen King

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.” –Robert Frost

“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” –Louis L’Amour

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” –Maya Angelou

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” –Stephen King