Writing is hard work and it's tough to figure out what kind of schedule works. Thus, we've decided that we're going to find and share the unique routines of successful writers. Let us know if you try any of them and if they work for you! "I tend to wake up very early. Too early. … Continue reading Writing Routines: Barbara Kingsolver
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Quotes of the Day – Ray Bradbury
"The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me." "There's no one way to be creative. Any old way will work."
Writing Tips from the Irish
Ireland has a rich literary history and boasts some of the most prolific writers of all time. From Joyce to Stoker, Boland to Shaw, The Green Isle is deservedly famous for its novelists and poets. In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we decided to dig up some tips from a few of our favorite Irish writers. May … Continue reading Writing Tips from the Irish
Quote of the Day
“The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. To him... a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death. Add to … Continue reading Quote of the Day
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
Funny & Interesting Writing Prompts
After years of gentle persuasion your best friend since childhood finally agrees to seek professional help for serious mental problems. Much to your dismay, as she begins to improve you slowly start to realize that you are her imaginary friend. Nicolas Cage is completely unaware that he is an actor. All he knows is strange … Continue reading Funny & Interesting Writing Prompts
Chuck Palahniuk
“No matter how careful you are, there's going to be the sense you missed something, the collapsed feeling under your skin that you didn't experience it all. There's that fallen heart feeling that you rushed right through the moments where you should've been paying attention.” Chuck Palahniuk
Annie Proulx Quote
“There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can't fix it you've got to stand it.” Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain
from Lauren Groff’s “Arcadia”
"It leaves him breathless at times, how much faith people put in one another. So fragile, the social contract: we will all stand by the rules, move with care and gentleness, invest in the infrastructure, agree with the penalties of failure. That this man driving his truck down the street won't, on a whim, angle … Continue reading from Lauren Groff’s “Arcadia”
Quote of the Day
"The General, speaking one felt with authority, always insisted that, if you bring off adequate preservation of your personal myth, nothing much else in life matters. It is not what happens to people that is significant, but what they think happens to them." Anthony Powell, Books Do Furnish a Room
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