“Tell me with whom you consort and I will tell you who you are; if I know how you spend your time, then I know what might become of you.” Goethe, Maxims and Reflections
Tag: habits
Flannery O’Connor on Writing Habits
“I’m a full-time believer in writing habits. . . You may be able to do without them if you have genius but most of us only have talent and this is simply something that has to be assisted all the time by physical and mental habits or it dries up and blows away. . . … Continue reading Flannery O’Connor on Writing Habits
New Year, New Habits
Like everyone else on the planet, I’ve been looking back on the past year. As a writer, I don’t really need the New Year in order to evaluate myself. I have daily resolutions to write more, and I look back on my progress all the time. But the New Year offers that fabulous blank slate. And writers … Continue reading New Year, New Habits
