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Don Roff (born December 13, 1966, in Walla Walla, Washington) is a writer and filmmaker.

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There is no right or wrong way to write a novel. Each journey is different for every individual work and for every writer. The first error is never to begin; the second is never to finish.

Different, Error, Errors, Finish, Journey, Writing

A writer always writes.

Writer, Writes, Writing

If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals.

Character, Developed, Fully, Like, People, Rewards

It’s hard to land a devastating jab
cross
hook
uppercut combo to your reader’s imagination when you’re telegraphing your punches.

Hook, Imagination, Land, Punches, Readers

Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.

Efficiency, Nothing, Panic, Procrastination, Work

The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement.

Art, Good, Misery, Movement, Recipe, Recipes

Always work with
surround yourself with people who help make you a better version of you. Kindly avoid those who don't.

People, Helping, Surround Yourself, Kindly, Work

Writing a story, regardless of length, begins always with a single word.

Length, Regardless, Stories, Writing

Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it.

Expectations, Finish, Sometimes, Torture, Trying, Words

If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes nothing more than a tawdry parlor trick. All flash and no magic, and worst of all, no heart.

Character, Heart, Stronger, Worst, Writing

Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.

Mislead, Mystify, Surprise, Torture, Writing

But people in a small town tend to do a lot of talking, even when they don’t know what they’re talking about.

Know, People, Talking, Town, Towns

Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.

Block, Cure, Ice, Ice Cream, Right, Writing

Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and you'll never have a problem coming up with decent fiction.

Coming, Decent, Fiction, Scare, Write, Writing

Any conversation including the mention of Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, or Emily Dickinson is one worth getting into or at least eavesdropping.

Bradbury, Conversation, Eavesdropping, Ray, Rays

When you print out your manuscript and read it, marking up with a pen, it sometimes feels like a criminal returning to the scene of a crime.

Crime, Criminals, Feels, Returning, Scene, Sometimes

Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity. Don’t invite either into your mind.

Fear, Creativity, Self, Mind, Enemies