#daily maxim

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To write is to hate your fingers.

Brandon Erickson, Daily(ish) Maxims

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Writers are the ultimate liars, and the reason why we lie is the reason why everyone lies, because this, this existence we share together, it’s Hell. And we want to delay the truth of that just one day. Just one sitting. With just one book. That’s the true goal of the written word.

Brandon Erickson, Daily(ish) Maxims

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Before you write it, you better feel it. Writing comes from blood, sweat, tears, and anguish. If you don’t care, neither will they.

Brandon Erickson, Daily(ish) Maxims

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I have been waiting everyday for the climax of my life, and everyday I am terrified that I’ve already had it.

Brandon Erickson, Daily(ish) Maxims

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Nobody cares about what anyone else has to say, so you have to write it in a way that makes them act like they made it themselves.

Brandon Erickson, Daily(ish) Maxims

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Anyone can do what I do. All you have to do is feel, and when you feel, you write. It’s that easy.

Brandon Erickson, Daily(ish) Maxims

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Word choice is essential. You have to give yourself authority. You must make them believe you know what the hell you’re doing.

Brandon Erickson, Daily(ish) Maxims

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Each morning you work up the courage to get up, only to be knocked down by reality. The solution is simple, sleep with a gun.

Brandon Erickson, Daily(ish) Maxims