Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Thursday, February 2, 2006

...deprivation.....

Sometimes the process of writing feels like personal deprivation--giving up of time and energy and risking what others may think or say about your work. May Sarton captures a much deeper meaning of deprivation as a writer, a meaning that transcends the inherent costs of the writing process....... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006

There are writers whose prose reads like poetry....

"Always be a poet, even in prose."-Charles Baudelaire One of my favorite children's authors writes novels that read like poetry---The author is Gary Paulsen, and for me the book that unfolds most like an incredibly rich poem is The Winter Room. Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Giving....

I think that 'giving' is something that writer's do--pouring joy and sweat and tears and life's blood on the pages... "Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think." -Author Unknown Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 30, 2006

Poetry as journal?

This is an amazing definition of poetry! "Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away."... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 27, 2006

This quote is so true...

"Beginning to write, you discover what you have to write about."-Kit Reed It is so strange, how one's mind can be blank, with not sense of direction. You have to actually start writing before the ideas begin to really form. It doesn't make intuitive sense to me. The blank mind seems to be yelling,... Sign in to see full entry.

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