... Avoid the ecstatic adjectives that occupy such disproportionate space in every critic's quiver—words like "enthralling" and "luminous." — William Zinsser 'On Writing Well' #Writing

... Anton Chekhov's 6 rules of short story writing 1 Brevity 2 Compassion 3 Truthful description 4 No cliche 5 Objectivity 6 Stay off the soapbox #writing

... read what you’ve written aloud — you’ll learn the rhythms... —nat Hentoff #writing

. Leave a decent space of time between writing something and editing it. —Zadie Smith #Writing

. “The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components.” ― William Zinsser #Writing

… 1 Make the paragraph the unit of composition. 2 Use definite, specific, concrete language. 3 Omit needless words. 4 Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end. — Strunk and White #Writing

Portavogie, County Down

The Mournes, County Down

Ballycastle, late evening, Causeway Coast And Glens.

Cows on the beach at Ballycastle, Northern Ireland. And, why not?

#writing #flashfiction www.christopherfielden.com/short-story-...

Happy birthday, Robert A. Heinlein, born 7 July 1907 5 Rules For Writers 1 You must write. 2 You must finish what you write. 3 You must refrain from rewriting, except to editorial order. 4 You must put the work on the market. 5 You must keep the work on the market until it is sold. #Readers #Books

Let go of the day, rest and start again tomorrow.

Ballintoy

Writing improves in direct ratio to the number of things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there. — William Zinsser #Writing

“Details make stories human, and the more human a story can be, the better. — V. S. Pritchett #Writing

Sometimes a flat-footed sentence is what serves, so you don't get all writerly: 'He opened the door.' There, it's open. — Amy Hempel #Writing

V.S. Pritchett's definition of a short story is something glimpsed from the corner of the eye, in passing. ― Raymond Carver #shortstory

Anton Chekhov's 6 rules of short story #writing 1 Brevity 2 Compassion 3 Truthful description 4 No cliche 5 Objectivity 6 Stay off the soapbox

keep it accurate, keep it clear. — Ezra Pound #Writing

Calls for submissions: www.newpages.com/classifieds #Writing

“Whatever in a work of art is not used, is doing harm.” ― C.S. Lewis #Writing #ShortStory

“When the meaning is unclear there is no meaning.” ― Marty Rubin #Writing

All these weirdos, and me getting a little better every day right in the midst of them. I had never known, never even imagined for a heartbeat, that there might be a place for people like us. — Denis Johnson #Writing

“A short story is confined to one mood, to which everything in the story pertains.” – Eudora Welty #Writing

Avoid the ecstatic adjectives… like "enthralling" and "luminous." — William Zinsser #Writing

Don’t say you were a bit confused and sort of tired and a little depressed and somewhat annoyed. Be confused. Be tired. Be depressed. Be annoyed. ― William Zinsser #Writing

“Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions." —Anton Chekhov #Writing

The great challenge in writing is always to find the universal in the local, the parochial. ― William Trevor #Writing

“I’m having a hard time writing about Sunday. Getting the long hollow feeling of Sundays. No mail and faraway lawn mowers, the hopelessness.” ― Lucia Berlin

“It's possible to write about commonplace things and objects using commonplace but precise language, and to endow those things - a chair, a window curtain, a fork, a stone, a woman's earring - with immense, even startling power.” ― Raymond Carver

Nature is Art

Fanad Head Lighthouse, Donegal.

... “I’m having a hard time writing about Sunday. Getting the long hollow feeling of Sundays. No mail and faraway lawn mowers, the hopelessness.” ― Lucia Berlin A Manual for Cleaning Women

Cliffs of Moher, Ireland

... “Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.” – Gene Fowler #WritersLife

Rathlin Island, Ireland.

Rathlin Island

... “The proper place for the word, or group of words, which the writer desires to make most prominent is usually the end of the sentence.” ― William Strunk Jr., The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition #Writing

... “When the meaning is unclear there is no meaning.” ― Marty Rubin #Writing

Widow's Row

Glenarm, Northern Ireland