Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

By Celeste632 - About Me - E-mail this page - Add to My Favorites - Add to Blog List - See other blogs in On Writing

Tuesday, March 8, 2005

Blogit gives us a kind of freedom as writers...

...We can choose to write and essentially publish whatever we want to write.... "Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile."-Sinclair Lewis...This quote leave me likening adolescent rebellions with a pull I sometimes feel here at Blogit to write the most... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Celeste632 at 11:17 AM | add or view comments (1) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Friday, March 4, 2005

Writing Friend from Alaska is coming into town,

so I am hosting another get together. I'm not as nervous about it this time. And in addition to making it a social occassion, we are all bringing a page of writing to have a reunion writer's group. I think the structure we use was developed by Peter Elbow. The writer reads their work, then has to be... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Celeste632 at 5:51 AM | add or view comments (2) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Wednesday, March 2, 2005

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.

posted by Celeste632 at 11:57 AM | add or view comments (1) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Tuesday, March 1, 2005

..."language raised to the Nth power"...

This is a wonderful analogy. Sometimes poems feel like they get into the very stream of my blood turning the calm waters into rolling rapids... "Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Celeste632 at 11:42 AM | add or view comments (5) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Celeste on writing sites....

Just a bit ago(and on another site geared toward improving writing rather than marketing it), I reviewed an article about a site that sounded similar to Blogit. A well-written article, and accurate in it's information. But when I went to check out the site, there was dramatically less activity there... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Celeste632 at 4:49 AM | add or view comments (0) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

May 2025
SMTWTFS
27282930123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
1234567
Aug | Newest | Jun
About this Blog

Commentary and reflections on the wisdom writers and great thinkers bless us with....

Recent Entries
Blogs
Links

Headlines (What is this?)