Here is an interesting way...
...to view what we write. "Imagine the text not as a story, but as a score; imagine the reader as its performer."-Leonard Fein Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, August 8, 2004
Thursday, August 5, 2004
The art of writing?
No matter what my innate talent, I am only a writer when I write. And if my world and the life I lead in this world easily make space for my writing, I wouldn't have much to write about. This quote has a clever way of capturing the "elbow-grease" factor in writing.... "The art of writing is the art... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, August 4, 2004
This is definitely something to strive for....
Don't we always treasure the books that draw us to read them over and over. And what fulfillment as a writer to be an author of such a work! "Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice."-Cyril Connolly Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, August 2, 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.
Sunday, August 1, 2004
...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.