Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Tuesday, October 5, 2004

Nine hundred

words to finish writing for the day. Actually, when I started this, I had four hundred and four words to go. Oh my! The days feel like they go by slower because of all these words. I can hardly believe it is only the fifth of October. September's two hundred and fifty words a day FLEW by. Or it... Sign in to see full entry.

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...time away from the world to be a writer...

"Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made." Gore Vidal Usually the phrase 'time away from the world' brings up images of a mountain retreat for days and weeks of solitude. Or an escape to a seaside... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 4, 2004

Here I am pecking away trying to reach today's word count.

Writing everyday. What else is there to say? It's so daily! Well, yes it is that indeed. It feels mundane right now. Nothing spruced up and fancy in these here finger exercises tonight. The fingers are tired. The mind is barely inspired and wishing for sleep. No, maybe it's the body that desires... Sign in to see full entry.

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Writing as an endurance contest?

"Writing a book is an endurance contest, and a war fought against yourself, because writing is beastly hard work which one would just as soon not do. Keep at it! The one talent that's indispensable to a writer is persistence. You must write the book, else there is no book. It will not finish itself.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 3, 2004

Lot's of pondering about writing

as I seek to eschew writer's block and various other excuses of years past with the advent of this word count challenge. The idea of just sitting down to write, no matter what comes out is not a new one. I keep thinking of what Madeline L' Engle wrote about regular writing being akin to a pianist... Sign in to see full entry.

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