Motivation clears the head faster than a nasal spray.

Editors are licensed to be curious.

But nothing has replaced the writer. He or she is still stuck with the same old job of saying something that other people will want to read.

The game is won or lost on hundreds of small details.

You must find some way to elevate your act of writing into an entertainment. Usually this means giving the reader an enjoyable surprise. Any number of devices will do the job.... These seeming amusements in fact become your 'style.' When we say we like the style of certain writers, what we mean is that we like their personality as they express it on paper.

You can solve most of your writing problems if you stop after every sentence and ask: what does the reader need to know next?

All writers should strive to deliver something fresh-something editors or readers won't know they want until they see it.