Intriguing Thoughts from John Beyer
I enjoy reading quotations from famous people -- other writers in particular -- and someday I would enjoy people quoting me or one of the characters from my stories. Perhaps they do already and I do not know about it – wouldn’t that be a hoot and a half? But here’s one of my favorites from Somerset Maugham: “ If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write.” For a writer, that could not be plainer. Write on a napkin. Write on a wall. Use a pencil or pen. Perhaps just strike the old typewriter keys daily or punch the keyboard an hour every other day. The bottom line is that you just need to write – that is if you are a writer and if not then you must read what the writer writes. That was a plug for all writers out there – we write so others will read. Again with a quotation. This time one of my favorite authors, Ernest Hemingway: “ When writing a novel, a writer should create livi...