Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Monday, January 17, 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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Sunday, January 16, 2005

...defining success....

We really focus on fame in our culture. I think our modern definition of 'success' is 'fame.' But the famous do not necessarily have successful lives or creative endeavors that will mean anything as time passes... "Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other." Erma... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 14, 2005

Reviewing last year's entries for 'single mom journeys'...

and some of the comments from my webpage reviewers make more sense to me. I sometimes wonder why anyone would be interested in this little 'journey' of mine, but reading last January's entries had my attention rather rivetted to this blog. I almost feels like I am reading about someone elses life... Sign in to see full entry.

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'Imagination' is where we all begin as writers....

"So you see, imagination needs moodling - long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering."-Brenda Ueland Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 13, 2005

The skill of writing....

"The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think."- Edwin Schlossberg This alludes to the truth that all writing is an interpersonal exchange....an attempt at communication with another someone....even an effort to weedle one's way into another's mind and change it. Sign in to see full entry.

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