4 Quotes by Nicholas Sparks to Make You a Better Writer
The bestselling author of The Notebook has given us fantastic wisdom about writing!
Nicholas Sparks (born in 1965) is the bestselling author of The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, Message in a Bottle, and countless other beloved novels.
Here are four of his quotes to inspire your writing!
1. I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I’ve read has taught me something.
Are you starting to see a trend by now? Are you seeing that one bestselling author after another talks about how important reading is to their writing success? Reading should be something we all want to do anyway, but it’s especially important in your writing life. You truly can learn something new with every book you read, whether it’s fiction or non-fiction, whether it’s in the genre you normally write in or a genre you’re mostly unfamiliar with.
I can’t say I necessarily read more than 100 books a year — I’d say I probably average about forty to fifty books a year— but trying to read 100 books in a single year is definitely a goal we should all aim for. My problem is that I’m a slow reader and if I tried to read two books a week, I would probably have to skim a lot of the…
