E. L. Doctorow on Writing

“Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader – not the fact that is is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.”

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“Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.”

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“Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.”

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“The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.”

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“Writing is immensely difficult. The short forms especially.”

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“One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.”

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E. L. Doctorow on Writing

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