Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Monday, November 15, 2004

I love stories that bring me to the edge of the precipice.

Yet nothing I have ever read in fiction prepared me for some of the harrowing experiences in this novel that is my unfolding life. Living it is a kind of roller coaster ride at times. Weaving it into words is more complicated. More complex. It doesn't always work to pour emmotion raw experience onto... Sign in to see full entry.

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My children are still young enough

that there are times when in unison they beg, "Tell us a story mommy, please tell us one of your stories!" "Draw your chair up close to the edge of the precipice, and I'll tell you a story."-F. Scott Fitzgerald Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 14, 2004

...one word at a time....

E.L. Doctorow observed, "Writng novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way." For me, the most important thing in writing is to get more and more words on the page. In some ways, blogit feels like a very big coffee shop... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 13, 2004

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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Friday, November 12, 2004

For Christmas, I bought the DVD set

of the first season of the Waltons. Well tonight I decided to make it a present to me, and open it now for the holiday season. First, I feel lonely waiting for my children to get home. Secondly, I think the children will be more drawn to it if I focus on watching it myself ("Mom, what are you doing?... Sign in to see full entry.

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