Saturday, May 23, 2009
The skill of writing...
"The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think."- Edwin Schlossberg This alludes to the truth that all writing is an interpersonal exchange....an attempt at communication with another someone....even an effort to weedle one's way into another's mind and change it.
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Monday, May 18, 2009
...plotting...
As I read this quote, I find myself asking, Doesn't this capture the essence of plot in so very many stories that catch up the reader in turning page to frantic page? Will the 'mistake' be caught in time? "Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps...
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
A lull in writing...
...that has gone on and on, except for bits and pieces here and there....Feeling it is time to push forward into more words....
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
This is a wonderful quote about persistence as the path to success...
"You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist."-Isaac Asimov Keeping at...
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Monday, April 6, 2009
Confidence as a writer...
"To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all --that is genius."--Emerson In college I took classes that operated like creative writing groups. About 8 years ago, I was thrilled to be invited to join a local writer's group in this town. It...
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