WRITING ADVICE FROM THE GREATS
Five Inspiring Quotes on Writing From Stan Lee
“The only advice anybody can give is if you want to be a writer, keep writing. And read all you can, read everything.”
I love stories that explore a whole universe — a series of interconnected stories means you never truly have to leave the world you’re sucked into. And the best part: no book hangover.
One of my favorite universes to enjoy is the Marvel universe. I’m not sure how I became so sucked into these stories — I never read the comics. I rolled my eyes when I was in my early years of college and my friends all wanted to go see the first movies in full regalia. I avoided the cartoons of my youth with a passion when my brother had them on.
But somewhere around the start of the new Spider-Man series, I got sucked in and I needed to see them all.
That was also around the time that I decided I wanted to be an art history major with a pop culture emphasis in college and also began studying writing more and more.
The campy quality of these movies (in some cases so bad that you can’t help but find them good) appealed to my art side while the rich interconnected history of all the characters (even beyond the…