Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

...time away from the world to be a writer...

"Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made." Gore Vidal Usually the phrase 'time away from the world' brings up images of a mountain retreat for days and weeks of solitude. Or an escape to a seaside... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 15, 2007

Lot's of pondering about writing

as I seek to eschew writer's block and various other excuses of years past with the advent of this word count challenge. The idea of just sitting down to write, no matter what comes out is not a new one. I keep thinking of what Madeline L' Engle wrote about regular writing being akin to a pianist... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 12, 2007

Regular writing.

I am trying to do this - to write every single day now. Next month I have signed up for an escalating word challenge where the required word count goes up every day of the month. Oh my! "You just sit down and write every day for three or four hours. You do it like piano scales until you have a story... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 11, 2007

Where do you write best?

Is it a lovely spot or do you work hard to make the workplace as spartan as possible? "I enjoy writing when I am in the desert. There are no distractions such as telephones, theatres, operas, houses and gardens."-Agatha Christie Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

The risk of writing....

At blogit we have opportunities to encourage one another in our writing. Very few of us can write in continuous isolation. I think we must know we are heard by someone... "Writers have a little holy light within, like a pilot light which fear is always blowing out. When a writer brings a manuscript... Sign in to see full entry.

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