Be a good reader first, if you wish to become a good writer.
~ Pawan Mishra
A writer gets to live yet another life every time she creates a new story.
~ Pawan Mishra
Writing a story is like going on a date—you will spoil it if you aren't living in the moment.
~ Pawan Mishra
Tell a story in lesser and simpler words.
~ Pawan Mishra
Don’t break the rules when you haven’t fully figured them out yet.
~ Pawan Mishra
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
The good writing ideas don’t have to be about political turmoil, mass killings, capitalism, racism, injustice, etc. Find that one idea that has deep roots in your heart.
~ Pawan Mishra
Create a world in front of your readers where they can taste, smell, touch, hear, see, and move. Else they are likely going to move on to another book.
~ Pawan Mishra
A writer can do without food for a few hours, but not without the sight of books.
~ Pawan Mishra
Turn those deep feelings and obsessions of your heart into captivating pieces of literature.
~ Pawan Mishra
Ideas either age like fine wine or rot like potatoes over time.
~ Pawan Mishra
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
As you become a better writer, the writing becomes more difficult. You toil harder to tell a story in a lesser number of words.
~ Pawan Mishra
Don’t interrupt when your characters take a flight of their own.
~ Pawan Mishra
Cliches are the viruses that infect your writing with diseases.
~ Pawan Mishra
If you think there is no time to write now, there would never be.
~ Pawan Mishra
If certain aspect needs to be inconsistent, it must better be consistently inconsistent throughout the story.
~ Pawan Mishra