I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent.
Speech is highly elliptical. It would scarcely be endurable otherwise. Ellipsis is indispensable to the writer or speaker who wants to be brief and pithy, but it can easily cause confusion and obscurity and must be used with skill.
I think it's Jerry's masterful fiction writing.
A cop told me, a long time ago, that there’s no substitute for knowing what you’re doing. Most of us scribblers do not. The ones that’re any good are aware of this. The rest write silly stuff. The trouble is this: The readers know it.
It's easy to write something average or even something good. But writing well is quite challenging.
Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice - it makes it seem easy.
Being literate as a writer is good craft, is knowing your job, is knowing how to use your tools properly and not to damage the tools as you use them.
Agatha Christie's writing is incredibly skillful because her books are incredibly intellectually puzzling and challenging.
There are some incredibly gifted writers in the world. You can count them on a hand. They're blessed, and they've worked at their craft, but there's very few.
There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast.
