Write your heart out

I stopped in my tracks when I saw this Ray Bradbury quote in writing coach Kim Lozano’s newsletter. It adds a nice twist to the oft told advice for writers, which is to write what you love.

I feel that he is spot on about writing what you hate, too. It’s the whole yin-yang way of the world, really. Pretty much everything needs an opposite to be contrasted against.

For me, I think the two needs to be together in order to make a book (or short story). The hate fuels me but the love sustains me.

What’s your take on this?