Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Thursday, February 9, 2006

The universe is made of______?

"Say it, say it. The universe is made of stories, not of atoms."--Muriel Rukeyser And even when the physicists look at atoms, they find stories and mysteries....Light is a particle and light is a wave. To even look at things on an atomic level changes them. So even atoms are made of stories. Another... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 8, 2006

...a wonderful quote from a workshop handout...

John Wooden instructs, "Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, because your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are." Having been through a divorce in this relatively small community, I learned how fragile my reputation can... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 7, 2006

Whether it's a blank page or a blank screen....

Whether it's a blank page or a blank screen, starting a writing project is at least a little daunting everytime I do it. Especially after I have written something that REALLY WORKED--like a poem that feels like a sculpture that always existed in that peice of marble, and I had the honor of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 6, 2006

...one word at a time....

E.L. Doctorow observed, "Writng novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way." For me, the most important thing in writing is to get more and more words on the page. In some ways, Blogit feels like a very big coffee shop... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 3, 2006

Dare to write....

A few biting comments to my blogging of late have got me to thinking. I dip in and out of debates and arguments about what blogging is--from an intense chat room to a place for aspiring writers to grow and develop vs. bloggers who want only very polished work to show up here. I take the middle road,... Sign in to see full entry.

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