Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Wednesday, October 20, 2004

I am not quite halfway to my word count,

and we need to leave for church early, because I need to stop by the little Dollar General near my house to pick up a couple of things. They will be closed by the time church lets out. This day is not quite so filled with elation about my writing. Maybe because I have a lot left to write, and I know... Sign in to see full entry.

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...deprivation and the writer...

Sometimes the process of writing feels like personal deprivation--giving up of time and energy and risking what others may think or say about your work. May Sarton captures a much deeper meaning of deprivation as a writer, a meaning that transcends the inherent costs of the writing process....... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Twelve hundred and fifty words for today's goal.

And it's early and I am over half way there. This feels good! Ideas have flowed more easily today. Writing is a process that leaves me with more and more 'alone' time. Sometimes I feel somewhat transported to my lonely childhood days of hours of farm chores with only cows for company. Yet I have had... Sign in to see full entry.

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This is a wonderful quote about persistence as the path to success...

"You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist."-Isaac Asimov Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 18, 2004

Word count for today: twelve hundred and twenty five!

And even with writing off and on all day I still have a ways to go. It is much better than just getting started at this hour. I do have some hope if reaching my goal on time tonight. Soon it will be November, and I will do the limbo II level, with only five hundred words a day to shoot for. Then... Sign in to see full entry.

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