Don Roff
"The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement."
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"The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement."
"لطالما كانت وصفة الفن العظيم هي الشقاء وراحة الأمعاء."
Don Roff
"Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton."
"لا شيء يشفي عُقم الكاتب خيرًا من التهام الآيس كريم مباشرةً من علبته."
Don Roff
"Any conversation including the mention of Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, or Emily Dickinson is one worth getting into or at least eavesdropping."
Don Roff
"Write for impact first, money second. If you do it the other way around, you’ll end up with less of either."
Don Roff
"Writing a first-draft battle scene is akin to real combat—chaos, confusion, and you must keep your cool as you fire word bullets downrange."
Don Roff
"Always work with/surround yourself with people who help make you a better version of you. Kindly avoid those who don't."
Don Roff
"Regarding the creative: never assume you're the master, only the student. Your audience will determine if you're masterful."
Don Roff
"When you print out your manuscript and read it, marking up with a pen, it sometimes feels like a criminal returning to the scene of a crime."
Don Roff
"You can be a writer who doesn't read everyday. But you're not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work."
Don Roff
"When writing, I uncage KAT: Keep Adding Tension. Even if I don't know where the story's going, petting the KAT keeps it purring."
Don Roff
"Don't think about the writing process too much. Just do one thing: tell the motherfucking story."
Don Roff
"Even if you're in the thick of revising another work, write something new. Something small. It's important to keep telling yourself stories."
Don Roff
"I've found that busting your ass on a daily basis to make your art good, clear, and meaningful creates the most luck."
Don Roff
"Yeah, episodic doesn't work. Your coolest character needs something big and meaningful to do. Otherwise, well, it's just narrative shit."
Don Roff
"Love it when a compelling new character kicks open your mental door, tracks mud across your brain, and props their feet up on your cerebrum."
Don Roff
"The best writers I've read possess oodles of self-doubt, yet claw their way up with each work and remain humble. Boastful ones, not so much."
Don Roff
"If you schlep a shit job everyday, keep and feed a little secret life--whether it's writing, art, running, music, your thoughts. It's yours."
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