Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Monday, December 19, 2005

???Publication???

"Publication is not all that it is cracked up to be. But writing is. It's like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really needed was the tea ceremony. The act of writing turns out to be its own reward."--Anne Lamott I am ambivalent about this... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 13, 2005

The hard work of writing....

This makes me ponder the hours and months and years that go into the making of a writer. Whatever else you do to become a writer, one must write and write and then write some more. What joy when the result LOOKs effortless. "It's none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Writing about yourself....

"Writing an autobiography and making a spiritual will are practically the same."-Sholem Aleichem Much of what I write and read on Blogit is essentially someone's autobiography. Even if we don't mean to share the condition of our souls, what we write and how we comment our responses to others may... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 1, 2005

This is a good reason to journal if ever there was one....

There are times in my life when I have kept a notebook beside my bed to wake and write ideas stirring around in my mind in the middle of the night.... "Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable."- Sir Francis Bacon Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 12, 2005

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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