Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Wednesday, November 7, 2007

What are we trying to do when we write?

I think the effort a writer makes to communicate with his or her reader can range from a surface encounter all the way to a dramatic change in world view. "My task - which I am trying to achieve - is by the power of the written word to make you hear, to make you feel. It is, before all, to make you... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 5, 2007

Mixed Metaphors

.... I truly prefer writing short pieces. Yet here I am, letting my thoughts stream into a longer and winding essay. Am I mixing metaphors yet? Oh how I have always loved mixed metaphors. I know you aren't supposed to do such things. It simply isn't kosher. But the clashing tastes of sweet and... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, November 2, 2007

This is quite a response...

to a critic! It is so hard to know which criticisms to incorporate into the revision process and which to let run off one's back like water off the proverbial duck's back. "Some old lady said that my book left a bad taste in her mouth. I wrote back to her and said, "You weren't supposed to eat... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Story telling....

Have you ever noticed that some stories almost seem to write themselves? They flow from your pen (or rapidly typing fingers) as if you're taking dictation. You feel like you've tapped into story that existed long before you actually write it.... "I have been successful probably because I have always... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Here is an interesting way...

...to view what we write. "Imagine the text not as a story, but as a score; imagine the reader as its performer."-Leonard Fein Sign in to see full entry.

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