Puzzles for Writers: 3 Quotable Cryptograms
In the January 2019 issue of Writer’s Digest, we included a Cryptogram (#2 below) in our Potpourri for the Pen column. Solve it, plus two additional cryptograms, shown below, to discover writing wisdom by famous writers from past issues of Writer’s Digest magazine.
In the January 2019 issue of Writer's Digest, we included a Cryptogram (#2 below) in our Potpourri for the Pen column. Solve it, plus two additional cryptograms, shown below, to discover writing wisdom by famous writers from past issues of Writer’s Digest magazine.
Stumped? Scroll to the very bottom of this article to find the solutions.
1. Nora Roberts
Difficulty: Easy
Hints: X = N and S = L
—Mary Higgins Clark, Writer’s Digest October 2003
2. Nora Roberts
Difficulty: Medium
Hints: N = H and Y = G
—Nora Roberts, Writer’s Digest February 1997
3. John Steinbeck
Difficulty: Hard
Hints: R = P and K= Z
—John Steinbeck, Writer’s Yearbook 1963
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- Writing is storytelling. No matter how you slice it, you’re saying, “Once upon a time.”
- You have to have the three D’s: drive, discipline and desire. If you’re missing any one of those three, it’s going to be really hard to get anything done.
- The writer who is not scared is happily unaware of the remote and tantalizing majesty of the medium.
Jess Zafarris is the Executive Director of Marketing & Communications for Gotham Ghostwriters and the former Digital Content Director for Writer’s Digest. Her eight years of experience in digital and print content direction include such roles as editor-in-chief of HOW Design magazine and online content director of HOW and PRINT magazine, as well as writing for the Denver Business Journal, ABC News, and the Memphis Commercial Appeal. She spends much of her spare time researching curious word histories and writing about them at UselessEtymology.com. Follow her at @jesszafarris or @uselessety on Twitter.
