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Amelia Atwater-Rhodes - Advice to Writers: Quotes. Quotes | Creating Great Characters I am often asked for advice on writing and I encourage others to write down their stories. Below you will find some of my thoughts on how to approach writing and how to create great characters. Here are some quotes from other authors, which I try to keep in mind when I write. I included my ch quote. "Get it down. Sarah Waters Writing Tips. Writing Advice: Stop Using Thought Verbs by Chuck Palahniuk. 8 Words You Should Avoid When Writing by Chuck Palahniuk. Stocking Stuffers: 13 Writing Tips From Chuck Palahniuk. *Editor's Note: This column is part of a collection of 36 total essays on the craft of writing by Chuck Palahniuk.

Stocking Stuffers: 13 Writing Tips From Chuck Palahniuk

They were submitted starting in 2005, so this essay will refer to thinks in the past and therefore be on an older timeline. Twenty years ago, a friend and I walked around downtown Portland at Christmas. The big department stores: Meier and Frank… Fredrick and Nelson… Nordstroms… their big display windows each held a simple, pretty scene: a mannequin wearing clothes or a perfume bottle sitting in fake snow.