This isn’t an easy thing to do, writing for young people. Set your standards high. Strive.
Cynthia Leitich Smith
Quotes
Don’t just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person.
Epictetus
Don’t just say you have
More than a half, maybe as much as two-thirds of my life as a writer is rewriting. I wouldn’t say I have a talent that’s special. It strikes me that I have an unusual kind of stamina.
John Irving
More than a half
Don’t Just Wish It… Do It!
Roz Fruchtman
Don’t Just Wish
Think of your main characters as dinner guests. Would your friends want to spend ten hours with the characters you’ve created? Your characters can be lovable, or they can be evil, but they’d better be compelling.
Po Bronson