Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Tuesday, October 9, 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.

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Monday, October 8, 2007

Writing and rewriting and

editing and reworking a piece. The process goes on and on until there's an almost suddenness to an author's awareness that the work is done. "Beware the editor who claims the line-editing isn't important. It's like a fisherman who doesn't bother to mend his nets."-Lisa Bernstein Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 5, 2007

Finger exercises?

Daily writing. Is it a good thing? Even when I struggle to get my daily word count minimum done, I do think it is worth it. I think regular writing is similar to a pianist doing finger exercises and scales. They hone the skill that makes the playing of the final piece (or the writing of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 4, 2007

The paradox of poetry

is that so many more people write it that read it these days. Has it always been that way? I haven't made a study of the history of poetry, but have the sense that in days that were less high tech, reading and reciting it was a form of entertainment for more of the population.... "Thirty percent of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Wake up!

Do you think of writing as a way to stir readers up to consider that the world is more than it appears? And so are they for that matter. Even the bedtime stories I choose to read my children are becoming more 'wake up stories' now that they are no longer little tinies. The stories don't seem to keep... Sign in to see full entry.

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