Writing quotes
Quotes that appear on Tuesdays.
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. ― Maya Angelou, an American poet, memoirist, actress, and civil rights activist. (b. 1928) Oh so true. Some of the stories inside are happy, some sad; some decadent, some holy. But whether happy or sad each is on the inside fighting to get
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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,
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“God has promised forgiveness to your repentance; but he has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.” St. Augustine, (November 13, 354 – August 28, 430) Procrastination. My longtime enemy and the enemy of many writers. To-do lists don’t work for me. I’m not driven by placing tick marks next to a task. Guilt is a
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“I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.” –Ernest Hemingway From what I understand, Hemingway always chose his words carefully. He “learned” to never
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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” ― Madeleine L’Engle L’Engle had a profound effect on me as a teen after I discovered her A Wrinkle In Time series: A Wrinkle In Time (1962) A
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“The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say.” Mark Twain, American author and humorist Love Twain! He was a great curmudgeon. The idea behind this quote is rich. When
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“What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers.” Logan Pearsall Smith, “All Trivia,” Afterthoughts, 1931 As a writer, I find it much harder to whisper and be understood than to shout. Shouting is easy. The problem with shouting is it makes listeners–and readers–cringe. And it automatically raises
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“The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium.” Norbert Platt This is one of the things I love most about writing–it makes me think deeply. What about writing helps you regain your equilibrium? Michael Ehret, for
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