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Were most of your stars out? Were you busy writing your heart out?

Were most of your stars out? Were you busy writing your heart out?

J. D. Salinger

Stars, Writing, Heart

If only you’d remember before ever you sit down to write that you’ve been a reader long before you were ever a writer. You simply fix that fact in your mind, then sit very still and ask yourself, as a reader, what piece of writing in all the world Buddy Glass would most want to read if he had his heart’s choice. The next step is terrible, but so simple I can hardly believe it as I write it. You just sit down shamelessly and write the thing yourself. I won’t even underline that. It’s too important to be underlined.

J. D. Salinger

Believe, Writing, Heart