by Beth K. Vogt, @bethvogt

I love quotes. I’m always on the lookout for interesting, fun quotes or new-to-me quotes to add to my collection or to post on social media. Today, I’m sharing five writing quotes I discovered recently that inspired me. Each one made me sit back and think, “Huh. I could apply what this person said to my writing and be a better writer.”

Read through the quotes below. I hope one of them sparks something in your creative heart and spurs you on, wherever you are on the writing road.

“Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on the paper.”

John Steinbeck, American writer.

“Coming up with ideas is the easiest thing on earth. Putting them down is the hardest.” 

Rod Serling, American screenwriter

“Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.” 

Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist

“My philosophy on writing books is that if you learn only one new thing, or even get a new take on something you already know, it’s worth it.”

James Scott Bell, author & writing instructor

“Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but it should finish in the reader’s.”

Stephen King, American author

Which one of these quotes resonated the most with you?

 

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The Thatcher Sisters Series

The award-winning Thatcher Sister Series by Beth K. Vogt, published by Tyndale House, is described as a “Little Women gone wrong” collection of novels highlighting complicated sister relationships in the style of This is Us. NYT bestselling author Lisa Wingate said, “With tenderness and skill, Beth Vogt examines the price of secrets, the weight of tragic loss, and the soul-deep poison of things left unsaid.” The series includes Things I Never Told You, Moments We Forget, and The Best We’ve Been. Unpacking Christmas: A Thatchers Sisters Novella, was released in November 2022 by Never Door Press.

Beth K. Vogt believes God’s best often waits behind the doors marked “Never.” She’s authored 14 novels and novellas, both romance and women’s fiction. Beth is a Christy Award winner, an ACFW Carol Award winner, and a RITA® finalist. Her novel Things I Never Told You, book one in her Thatcher Sisters Series by Tyndale House Publishers, won the 2109 AWSA Golden Scroll Award for Contemporary Novel of the Year. An established magazine writer and former editor of the leadership magazine for MOPS International, Beth blogs for Learn How to Write a Novel and The Write Conversation and also enjoys speaking to writers group and mentoring other writers. She lives in Colorado with her husband Rob, who has adjusted to discussing the lives of imaginary people. Connect with Beth at bethvogt.com.