Escribiduria

Los libros inspiradores te pueden ayudar o, como mínimo, pueden ser algo así como la pluma mágica que le dio confianza a Dumbo para que se…

La memoria visual es fundamental para fijar la escritura. El ver una y otra vez una palabra escrita correctamente ayuda a que su forma se…

Just as you have a familial genealogy, you also have a genealogy of ideas. You don’t get to pick your family, but you can pick your…

Hay demasiada gente que quiere haber escrito.

Strunk and White’s writing dictum is “Omit needless words,” and we agree. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch said “Murder your darlings” (remove…

American culture in particular has instilled in us the bizarre notion that to ask for help amounts to an admission of failure. But some of…

Se ha dicho que los finales deberían dar la sensación de ser inevitables e inesperados y que si miramos hacia atrás ése sea el único…

Don’t just steal the style, steal the thinking behind the style. You don’t want to look like your heroes, you want to see like your heroes.

Nunca tengo un maldito libro que leer. Cuando has leído una cierta cantidad de literatura decente, simplemente no hay más. Tenemos que…

The amateur believes he must first overcome his fear; then he can do his work. The professional knows that fear can never be overcome. He…

The writer Jonathan Lethem has said that when people call something “original,” nine out of ten times they just don’t know the references…

Audiences not only want to stumble across great work, but they, too, long to be creative and part of the creative process. By letting go of…