On Writing Wonderfully Quotes

“A writer gets to live yet another life every time he or she creates a new story.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Be a good reader first if you wish to become a good writer.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Tell a story in fewer and simpler words.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Writing a story is like going on a date—you will spoil it if you aren't living in the moment.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Turn those deep feelings and obsessions of your heart into captivating pieces of literature.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Don’t break the rules when you haven’t fully figured them out yet.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Don’t interrupt when your characters take a flight of their own.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Dreams are good at playing with your memory. They love leaving no trace behind and hate to show up once again in the morning.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Create a world in front of your readers where they can taste, smell, touch, hear, see, and move. Or else they are likely going to move on to another book.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Good writing ideas don’t have to be about political turmoil, mass killings, capitalism, racism, injustice, and so on. Find that one idea that has deep roots in your heart.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Your passion as an artist is a magnet that draws you at all times, but if you don’t follow, it will suffocate your heart.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Clichés are the viruses that infect your writing with diseases.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“As you become a better writer, the writing becomes more difficult. You toil harder to tell a story in a smaller number of words.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“If you are a singer, you must sing. If you are a dancer, you must dance. If you are a writer, you must write. Don’t suffocate your heart.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“Ideas either age like fine wine or rot like potatoes over time.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“If you think there is no time to write now, there will never be.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“A writer can do without food for a few hours but not without the sight of books.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“For example, instead of saying that it was a rainy night, you can say, “At night she could see from her window that the postcard-perfect sky from an hour ago had turned to a dark abyss filled with tar-black clouds that had just begun to weep heavily, as though completely devoid of any hope in the humankind beneath.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“If certain aspect needs to be inconsistent, it must better be consistently inconsistent throughout the story.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing