On the subject of crying, I purchased Elements of Fiction Writing, and it said something along the lines of "if your character doesn't cry, your reader will do it for them." Unless it's Harry Potter. Harry crying just makes things worse, as I learned in The Half-Blood Prince.
“He leant tensely against the wall and frowned like a man trying to unbend a corkscrew by telekinesis.” – Douglas Adams
Write what you know and if you get stuck, stop writing for a while and take a pencil and paper and write down whatever comes into your mind. You can use these things and integrate them into your story. At least that works for me!
One of my writing mentors liked to say that there were two ways to write a story: From the heart, and from the rules. Writing from the rules will get you a decent story, an enjoyable story even, but writing from the heart will get you a story with soul. So don't ever let the rules and the technicalities get in the way of what's in your heart.
Oddly enough, the best "writing tip" I've ever gotten was from a book about reading. I don't remember the exact phrasing, but the gist of it was "you need to understand a story for what it is before you can read it," and I think that applies to writing, too. It originated from How to Read a Book, which I'd recommend for anyone interested in any form of the literary arts.
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night
"Don't ever throw any of your ideas or work out, no matter how weird or non-interesting it is. When you get older you'll have a hard time with your imagination and every little piece of work you did will help spark it"
I have a hard time with this one but it is honestly the best tip ever given to me.
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
When you write immerse yourself so much in the writing, that it's only you,the writing, and the computer. Imagine so much that you travel to another world
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads only lives once ~George R. Martin Life isn't about finding yourself; it's about recreating yourself. ~George B. Shaw
Just start writing and don't stop until you have it perfectly personally done.
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads only lives once ~George R. Martin Life isn't about finding yourself; it's about recreating yourself. ~George B. Shaw
Cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal. — William S. Burroughs
