This document contains advice on writing from 10 famous authors. Stephen King advises against using too many adverbs. Ernest Hemingway recommends writing drunk and editing sober. Hunter S. Thompson emphasizes not wasting words. J.K. Rowling notes that writers have to accept wasting a lot of paper before producing good work. John Updike rewrites anything that sounds like bad writing. Tom Clancy focuses on telling the story simply. Jack Kerouac distinguishes between genius and talent. Ray Bradbury recommends writing every day and reading intensely. Mark Twain compares the difference between an almost right word and the perfect word. Sylvia Plath says anything can be written about with imagination.

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2. “The road to hell is
paved with adverbs.”
- Stephen King

3. “Write drunk; edit
sober.”
- Ernest Hemingway

4. “Not a wasted word.
This has been a main
point to my literary
thinking all my life.”
- Hunter S. Thompson

5. “You have to resign
yourself to the fact
that you waste a lot of
trees before you write
anything you really
like, and that’s just
the way it is.”
- J.K. Rowling

6. “If it sounds like
writing, I rewrite it.
[…] I can’t allow what
we learned in English
composition to disrupt
the sound and rhythm
of the narrative.”
- John Updike

7. “I do not over-
intellectualize the
production process. I
try to keep it simple:
Tell the damned
story.”
- Tom Clancy

8. “Genius gives birth;
talent delivers.”
- Jack Kerouac

9. “Just write every day
of your life. Read
intensely. Then see
what happens.”
- Ray Bradbury

10. “The difference
between the almost
right word and the
right word is … the
difference between
the lightning bug and
the lightning.”
- Mark Twain

11. “And by the way,
everything in life is
writable about if you
have the outgoing
guts to do it, and the
imagination to
improvise.
- Sylvia Plath

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