This is an interesting comment on word processor
writing.... "The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor,' I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs.'" Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, April 15, 2005
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Do you think much about beginnings....
I think it's the time right before you begin writing that is the scariest. Once you've started, it can be oh so exciting to see where words will take you this time! "You know...that a blank wall is an apalling thing to look at. The wall of a museum - a canvas - a piece of film - or a guy sitting in... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, April 11, 2005
What do you learn about yourself when you write?
I know that I often have little idea where my creative writing will go, until I actually sit down with pen and paper or start clicking a keyboard.... "There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write."- William Makepeace Thackeray Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, April 8, 2005
How do you get started, when you write?
Do you have to be in a particular surrounding? Do you plan your writing time or does the 'mood' fall upon you? Here is quote from a famous author about at least one episode of how he 'starts' his writing.... "It was a pleasant cafe, warm and clean and friendly, and I hung up my old waterproof on the... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, April 7, 2005
Are we writing literature?
Oh my! I love this definition of what literature is....It broadens and deepens my idea of what it is, and raises the hope that we can all aspire to the writing of it..... "The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it." -Elizabeth Drew Sign in to see full entry.