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Abraham Lincoln Writing Quotes “Writing—the art of communicating thoughts to the mind, through the eye—is the great invention of the world.” Top Ernest Gaines Author Quotes for Writers “The Six Golden Rules of Writing: Read, read, read, and write, write, write.”.

In this post, we share a selection of our favourite quotes on writing to communicate.

Quotes On Writing Things Down

5 Written Quotes It goes without saying that a good Catholic novel should be good craftsmanship, good writing skills. The creative person must always be engaged in the long labor of perfecting the tools of his art. Yet the work itself need not be explicitly evangelical in its themes and plots.

At Writers Write our motto is: Write to communicate. Whether we are writing a novel, a blog, an email, or a business report, most of us want our readers to understand what we are writing.

Creative writers who sell the most books write in plain English. Agatha Christie became the world’s best-selling author of all time by writing in clear, plain English. Most best-selling novelists do. [Read Analysing Agatha – How to become the best-selling novelist of all time.]
Business writers need people to read their communications to get things done. Most of us do not have time to wade through long-winded, difficult writing. This includes reports, proposals, emails, speeches, contracts, and the copy on our websites. [Read Writing Effective Web Copy]
Bloggers have to ensure that their writing is readable. If it is not, there are millions of other writers who will draw people to their sites. [Must-Read: 11 Reasons Why I Won’t Be Returning To Your Blog]

Mark Morris, Head of Clear English at the Department of Health in the UK says, “Across government, our sentences are too long, our words too complex, and our phrases stuffed with management jargon, technical language and acronyms. It’s enough to bring people out in a rash.”

Quotes On Writing Skill

In his post, Clarity is king, he explains that the more educated you are, the less likely you are to waste your time on bad writing. In 2012, research at the Thomas M Cooley Law School in Michigan into the use of language in legal documents found two things.

‘First, when given a choice, 80% of people preferred sentences written in clear English… and the more complex the issue, the greater that preference. But second, it found that the more educated the person, the more specialist their knowledge, the greater their preference for plain English.”

Writers Write believes that you should always aim to write as clearly and simply as you can. We want other people to understand what we say. Otherwise, why bother to write at all?

As Jean Cocteau said, ‘Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.’

We hope you enjoy the quotes in this infographic about writing to communicate.

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To commemorate the passing of Maya Angelou, who left us May 28th, 2014, at the age of 86, we thought we’d share some of her sage words, particularly her thoughts about words, writing, creativity and the wisdom that comes from each…

Ms. Angelou was proof positive that words can indeed drive passions and make a difference… RIP to a great lady and a great writer… Do you have a favorite quote about writing? Share it with us, too!

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― From I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

“The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.”

“I don’t know about lying for novelists. I look at some of the great novelists, and I think the reason they are great is that they’re telling the truth. The fact is they’re using made-up names, made-up people, made-up places, and made-up times, but they’re telling the truth about the human being—what we are capable of, what makes us lose, laugh, weep, fall down, and gnash our teeth and wring our hands and kill each other and love each other.”

“When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.”

“The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.”

“Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.”
― From I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“When you learn, teach, when you get, give.”

Stephen King Quotes On Writing

“Each time I write a book, every time I face that yellow pad, the challenge is so great. I have written eleven books, but each time I think, ‘Uh oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody and they’re going to find me out.”

How To Write Quotes Examples

“We need to remember that we are all created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.”

“I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.”

“Words are things… Some day we’ll be able to measure the power of words. I think they are things. They get on the walls. They get in your wallpaper. They get in your rugs, in your upholstery, and your clothes, and finally in to you.”

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”

“I make writing as much a part of my life as I do eating or listening to music.”

“Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.”

Quotes On Writing By Famous Authors

“Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.”

“When I am writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we’re capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness. I’m trying for that. But I’m also trying for the language. I’m trying to see how it can really sound. I really love language. I love it for wate it does for us, how it allows us to explain the pain and the glory, the nuances and delicacies of our existence. And then it allows us to laugh, allows us to show wit. Real wit is shown in language. We need language.”

“Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.”

— Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014)