A Quote by Larry L. King and Why I Like It
A Writer’s Quote Series: Episode Eight
I dig the directness of this quote from the playwright and novelist, Larry L. King:
“Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts.”
I like this quote because it cuts to the crux of a writer’s life.
Problem is, most of us spend an embarrassing amount of time looking for a shortcut when we could be spending that time creating, when we could be following the straightforward advice in this quote to get us closer to our writing dreams.
Write
This is first on the list because it’s non-negotiable. If you want to be a writer, you must write.
Reading about writing is not writing. Talking to other writers about writing is not writing. Watching webinars about how other writers became successful is not writing.
These are easy traps to fall into, and I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t gotten sucked into the sticky not-writing-but-convince-myself-I’m-writing web. But pen to paper and fingertips to keyboard are the only ways to accomplish the act of writing.
If you don’t write, you aren’t a writer. You’re a writer wannabe.
