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The walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. It tasted delicious.

Roald Dahl

Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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Essential One Liner Writing
The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
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Alcohol Need Room Writer
Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children – as long as you make them laugh as well.
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Children Fairy Tale Laugh Scare
Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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Colour Different Drops Rainbow
We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
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Dreamer Dreams Music
Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
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Diary English Father Perfection Writing
Life is more fun if you play games.
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Fun Game Life One Liner Play
Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.
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Courtesy Kindness Mind Positive
When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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Important Modesty Oneself Strive Truth Writing
A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.
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Come Demand Fear Fiction Ideas Writer
We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream.
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Dreamer Dreams Inspirational Reality
I’m wondering what to read next.
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Book Learning Reading Wonder
But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there.
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Chance Grow Up Inspirational Work Hard
The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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Book Ideas Poet Reason Writing
I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it’s impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren’t feeling twinkly yourself.
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Eyes Fake Father Impossible Smile Twinkle Yourself
Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.
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Eyes Glitter Magic Watch World

The walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. It tasted delicious.

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