In writing be bold with language. No hesitancy, timidity, or procrastination. Dive in, trust the gush of words that’s ever ready to spill

You can write about topics under the bright sun or topics in the heart of darkness. If you go to dark places, go with purpose and courage.

Whatever you choose to write about, don’t hold back. Dive into your experience and perceptions with openness, honesty, and commitment.

I want readers to experience a little mystery in my writing and then – voilà – encounter a surprise of information, meaning, and style.

“Anyone can be a good writer,” wrote one of my college students, “ if they aren’t afraid to take chances and befriend revision.”

" . . . a real writer is always shifting and changing and searching." James Baldwin

A former grad student wrote me an email in which she said, "Writing what matters has awakened a beast of a voice in me."

Tom Romano @LoriCurry2 MR. ROMANO!!! You're the reason I'm a professional writer! Hope you are well, sir.

Rules & rubrics made me a useless writer when there are no rules. I don’t know how to write when someone’s not guiding me. College student

In elementary, I wrote with faith & fearlessness! I befriended revision! I was not afraid of anything when it came to writing." Col Student

As students writing in-class essays and timed essays in the American school system, we are groomed against revision. Undergraduate

I am going to have to have a serious attitude adjustment in order to befriend revision. College First-Year Student

Follow the link for my notebook entry about Sherman Alexie's visit to Miami, 4/4/17 tomromano.weebly.com/uploads/6/5/8/…

Wrapping up MG today w/ "Something Hot and Savory." Thanks Tom Romano & thanks seniors for some fantastic papers! #warriorswrite

Write about a memorable voice. Quote words unforgotten. Flesh out memory. Follow meaning. Bring to life a character, a time, a place.

Francis Ford Coppola: I wrote the screenplay [for The Godfather] fast, because it was based on the work I had done in the notebook.

“If your reader feels the sun on his flesh, the wind fluttering his shirt sleeves, half your fight is won.” –Ray Bradbury

Gwendolyn Brooks: "Truth-tellers are not always palatable. / There is a preference for candy bars."

From one of my sophomores: "I like to write. It’s as plain as that. Writing has always made me feel welcomed. Writing is my north star, and I have constantly turned to it when I need direction or guidance."

An epigram for a book you write "there is no sense in writing something as long as this if you can’t say what fee... a.co/aeh19Iu