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Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.

~ Don Roff

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A writer always writes.

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Creativity and intelligence, rather than violence, are the best problem solvers.

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Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.

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The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement.

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I've found the best way to revise your own work is to pretend that somebody else wrote it and then to rip the living shit out of it.

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A migraine is the cockblock of writing.

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If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals.

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Writing a story, regardless of length, begins always with a single word.

~ Don Roff

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If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes nothing more than a tawdry parlor trick. All flash and no magic, and worst of all, no heart.

~ Don Roff

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When you're writing what you love, it's the most fun you can have with your clothing still on, unless of course, you write naked.

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If you write a kid's book only for kids, then you have failed.

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You're never as good a writer as you think you are, and you're never as bad. Just keep reading and writing, writing, writing.

~ Don Roff

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I write every day whether somebody pays me or not. I write every day whether or not self-doubt is kicking my ass. It's what writers must do.

~ Don Roff

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I write fiction. It may have mystery, it may have horror, it may have fantasy, it may have love, but like life, it's all the same genre.

~ Don Roff

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We often wait for that knock of opportunity, though I've found it's better to just grab a chainsaw and cut open your own fucking door.

~ Don Roff

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You cannot write your character until you know how he or she thinks, until you know what their philosophy is in the world that they occupy.

~ Don Roff

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Keep being bold on the page, and in life, and people cannot ignore you forever.

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Authors must spend months, years making fantasy believable in a single work while reality runs rampant and complete chaos elsewhere.

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Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and you'll never have a problem coming up with decent fiction.

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Audiences will admire your character’s strength but connect with them through their weakness.

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Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity. Don’t invite either into your mind.

~ Don Roff

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It's my belief that people enter your life at exactly the right time.

~ Don Roff

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Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it.

~ Don Roff

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If you schlep a shit job everyday, keep and feed a little secret life--whether it's writing, art, running, music, your thoughts. It's yours.

~ Don Roff

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I don't use big words to show off because it's ostentatious.

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The best writers I've read possess oodles of self-doubt, yet claw their way up with each work and remain humble. Boastful ones, not so much.

~ Don Roff

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Love it when a compelling new character kicks open your mental door, tracks mud across your brain, and props their feet up on your cerebrum.

~ Don Roff

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Yeah, episodic doesn't work. Your coolest character needs something big and meaningful to do. Otherwise, well, it's just narrative shit.

~ Don Roff

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There is no right or wrong way to write a novel. Each journey is different for every individual work and for every writer. The first error is never to begin, the second is never to finish.

~ Don Roff

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I've found that busting your ass on a daily basis to make your art good, clear, and meaningful creates the most luck.

~ Don Roff

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Even if you're in the thick of revising another work, write something new. Something small. It's important to keep telling yourself stories.

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Don't think about the writing process too much. Just do one thing: tell the motherfucking story.

~ Don Roff

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When writing, I uncage KAT: Keep Adding Tension. Even if I don't know where the story's going, petting the KAT keeps it purring.

~ Don Roff

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You can be a writer who doesn't read everyday. But you're not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work.

~ Don Roff

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When you print out your manuscript and read it, marking up with a pen, it sometimes feels like a criminal returning to the scene of a crime.

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Regarding the creative: never assume you're the master, only the student. Your audience will determine if you're masterful.

~ Don Roff

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Always work with/surround yourself with people who help make you a better version of you. Kindly avoid those who don't.

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Successful writing is a slow, daily, meticulous form of mental illness.

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A day of bad writing is always better than a day of no writing.

~ Don Roff

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