“You are confined only by the walls you build yourself”
—Andrew Murphy (via relucent)
March 2012
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“Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.”
—R.W. Emerson (via man-and-camera)
“Never lose the child-like wonder. It’s just too important. It’s what drives us.”
—Randy Pausch (via quote-book)
“Writing a story, regardless of length, begins always with a single word.”
— Don Roff (via amandaonwriting)
“Successful novelists are not born. They do not have a sixth sense, an extra set of hands, or a third eye. They are dedicated writers - workers, really - who start books and don’t quit until they are finished, revised, rewritten, and revised some more, again and again and again until their manuscripts are marketable.”
—Andrew McAleer, The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists (via kaylamariebooks)
“Being tender and open is beautiful. As a woman, I feel continually shhh’ed. Too sensitive. Too mushy. Too wishy washy. Blah blah. Don’t let someone steal your tenderness. Don’t allow the coldness and fear of others to tarnish your perfectly vulnerable beating heart. Nothing is more powerful than allowing yourself to truly be affected by things. Whether it’s a song, a stranger, a mountain, a rain drop, a tea kettle, an article, a sentence, a footstep, feel it all – look around you. All of this is for you. Take it and have gratitude. Give it and feel love.”
—Zooey Deschanel (via sugar-and-heartbreak)
“You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (via wordsbydan)
Why the First Draft is Usually Awful (And Why it's Ok) →
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A post on a first-drafting truth that writers need to know.
J.K Rowling: Billionaire to millionaire →
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“One of the world’s wealthiest women, J.K Rowling, has given so much money to charity she can no longer claim billionaire status.
The Harry Potter author has fallen down the Forbes rich list because of her charitable giving, the business magazine said.”
“Have a regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.”
—Louisa May Alcott, Little Women (via wingsforlashes)
“But for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.”
—Jane Austen (via larmoyante)
“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.”
—C.S. Lewis (via bookaddict24-7)
“The most significant gifts are the ones most easily overlooked. Small, everyday blessings: woods, health, music, laughter, memories, books, family, friends, second chances, warm fireplaces, and all the footprints scattered throughout our days.”
— Sue Monk Kidd (via amandaonwriting)
“The probability of separate worlds meeting is very small. The lure of it is immense. We send starships. We fall in love.”
—Jeanette Winterson, Gut Symmetries (via helplesslyamazed)
How to Be a Writer →
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Assuming you’re 110%-absolutely-positively sure that you want to be a writer, these are seven things you will need to do.
Write World: Writing Tips from C.S. Lewis →
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- Always try to use the language so as to make quite clear what you mean and make sure your sentence couldn’t mean anything else.
- Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don’t implement promises, but keep them.
- Never use abstract nouns when concrete ones will do. If you…
