Is dit herkenbaar: A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. Thomas Mann

Zo ja, laat je dan oppeppen door deze 7 schrijftips of wijsheden van andere schrijvers.

1. Schrijf over wat je weet of boeit

The reason one writes isn’t the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say. F. Scott Fitzgerald

Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer. Barbara Kingsolver

If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it. Toni Morrison

If you are excited by what you are writing, you have a much better chance of putting that excitement over to a reader. Robin McKinley

2. Niet iedereen is je lezer

There are many candles in the candle shop. There is not one of them that smells good to everyone. There is not one of them that smells bad to everyone, either. A story might not be for one editor or reader, but it might be for another. George Singleton

3. Maak je niet druk, go with the flow

Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can do anything really good. William Faulkner

Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for not going on. John Steinbeck

4. Alles is al geschreven, dus doe jij het anders

The most original authors are not so because they advance what is new, but because they put what they have to say as if it had never been said before. Goethe

The writer shakes up the familiar scene and, as if by magic, we see new meaning. Anaïs Nin

Ik heb mij gisteren voorgenomen geen voor- en nawoorden meer te schrijven.
Ik stond voor het raam, keek in het grijs, dacht aan het voorwoord en zuchtte nee op het glas. Kees Fens

5. Een schrijver vertelt niet, maar laat het je zelf beleven

Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. Anton Chekhov

Tell the readers a story! Because without a story, you are merely using words to prove you can string them together in logical sentences.
Anne McCaffrey

Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me and I’ll remember. Involve me and I’ll understand. Confucius

6. Schrijven is herschrijven

Writing and rewriting are a constant search for what it is one is saying. John Updike

I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again. Oscar Wilde

The wastepaper basket is the writer’s best friend. Isaac Bashevis Singer

7. Een goede schrijver leest veel

Schrijvers lezen roofzuchtig, ze kunnen eigenlijk niet lezen zonder aan schrijven te denken. Sommige schrijvers lezen als bedrijfsspionnen, andere als jaloerse minnaars….Cees Nooteboom

It’s hard for me to believe that people who read very little – or not at all in some cases – should presume to write and expect people to like what they have written. Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time – or the tools – to write. Stephen King

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