Lynn Abbey Quotes

My only claim to fame, if I have one, is that I'm an editor.

Reading taught me how to write.

My self-editing process is intense.

A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.

When you're editing, you want to be the perfect appreciator, not another writer.

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.

Writing is a communication.

I spent the entire morning inserting a comma; I spent the whole afternoon removing it again.

If you have to go back and spell-check the text you're about to send, you're saying too much.

I believe an editor's job is to help a writer sound like himself or herself.

I still like complete sentences that are grammatically correct without spelling errors. I don't always achieve this, and it is irksome to read a message I have sent and discover errors. I know I often leave out words in e-mail, not by choice, but because of the way my brain works.

I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker. It has always been hard for me to say exactly what I mean in speech But if I have written a clumsiness, I may erase it.

Make sure your message is clear, yet that you are faithful to its complexity.

I watched as she added a question mark at the end. Arc, line, space, dot.

With writing, we have second chances.

If I weren't acting, I'd study journalism because I love to write.

I love words, and I love that there's so many words available to make a point and to create a picture.

My daughter writes and is the editor of her school magazine.

I think the computer is a hindrance to good writing because it is so tempting to leave what you've written. If you use a typewriter, you must retype if you make a mistake, and thus, you must re-examine every word.

A journalist uses the most precise words he or she can. An artist does the same sort of thing. You gather material about a particular subject, you refine it as best you can.

There are many ways to improve your writing. Here's the bad news: 1.They all require hard work. 2.There is no magic bullet.

I actually think I learned to write concisely working for an encyclopedia company in Chicago.

Anyone who can not write should.

With the possible exception of God during the writing of the Bible, every writer in history has needed an editor. So do you.

To write is human, to edit is divine.