Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Monday, July 31, 2006

Another quote on my journey to write and write and....

...write some more. There are so many things that can draw our attention away from the basics of writing the best that we know how and endeavoring to write better and better each day. While there are many traps on the internet to get drawn into other things, I find that having an audience to read... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Times are bad....

Strange how over the centuries, again and again mankind has seen the world as deteriorating and falling apart in his or her generation. This quote could have been written in 2006, especially with the explosion of blogging and bloggers in what an NPR commentator referred to this morning as the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 10, 2006

How many of us can say that 'writing' is a matter of life or death?

Or maybe it really is that way for all of us who are born writers. Even if we don't realize it, 'not writing' deprives us of breath and life. "I write for the same reason I breathe-because if I didn't, I would die."-Isaac Asimov Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 8, 2006

writers need solitude....

Yet it is so easy to go from submersion in work and kids to looking for activities to occupy the time I have alone. Any thing but struggling with solitude. Being alone is a time where so many things war with creativity---tiredness, loneliness, the wish for relaxation or pleasure. And often writing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 6, 2006

What do you really mean?

This quote touches something deep within me. As a writer, I want to be understood. The best critiques don't necessarily tell me if my writing is good or bad. The most helpful critical reader gives me an idea of what the reader hears me saying--then I can see how close what they hear is to what I... Sign in to see full entry.

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