"I write in the morning and then go home about midday and take a shower, because writing, as you know, is very hard work, so you have to do a double ablution. Then I go out and shop—I'm a serious cook—and pretend to be normal. I play sane—Good morning! Fine, thank you. And you? And … Continue reading Writing Routines – Maya Angelou
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Celebrating Earth Day: Writers and The Outdoors
Everyone's familiar with the vampiric writer stereotype - we're all pale, gaunt creatures who haven't left the house in weeks. We can construct a wonderful metaphor about the sun, but we'd probably ignite if we actually stepped out into it. We're morlocks staring at computer screens and blank pages. Outside? What the hell is that? It's a misleading … Continue reading Celebrating Earth Day: Writers and The Outdoors
Quote of the Day
“There’s nothing to stop a man from writing unless that man stops himself. If a man truly desires to write, then he will. Rejection and ridicule will only strengthen him. And the longer he is held back the stronger he will become, like a mass of rising water against a dam. There is no losing in writing, it will make … Continue reading Quote of the Day
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."
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"You have to resign yourself to wasting lots of trees before you write anything really good. That's just how it is. It's like learning an instrument. You've got to be prepared for hitting wrong notes occasionally, or quite a lot. That's just part of the learning process. And read a lot. Reading a lot really … Continue reading Quote of the Day
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"Whether I'm writing a novel about a guy mourning the death of his father or whether I'm writing a show about people killing each other, you want to hear characters speak and be funny and witty." - Jonathan Tropper
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"The wise screen writer is he who wears his second-best suit, artistically speaking, and doesn’t take things too much to heart. He should have a touch of cynicism, but only a touch. The complete cynic is as useless to Hollywood as he is to himself. He should do the best he can without straining at … Continue reading Quote of the Day
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“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
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Writing
“It’s as though you have a certain music in your head, and trying to get that music out on the page is absolute hell. But what you have to do is give yourself a day, go back, revise, over and over and over again.” Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of Between the World and Me
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"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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