Quotes
Reflections about writing.
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Quiet Writing
“Quiet writing isn’t a genre, it’s more like a style and an approach. For creative nonfiction, it’s narrative that focuses on everyday moments, employs keen observation, and includes details and imagery to demonstrate and investigate the human experience. It reads quiet but still carries the tension and conflict that is fundamental to good storytelling.” —
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What makes writing memorable?
Read more: What makes writing memorable?“Writing That Endures—It’s All in the Craft,” — Ronnie Blair Concrete details. Evocative language. Characters who seem as human as we are. Ronnie Blair, “Writing That Endures—It’s All in the Craft,” Brevity Blog, October 17,…
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Sanctuary
Read more: Sanctuary“When you take sanctuary within yourself, the world can be falling apart around you and you will be okay.” — Samantha Rose “When you take sanctuary within yourself, the world can be falling apart around…
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Get Into The Habit
Read more: Get Into The Habit“Forget about inspiration and get into the habit of writing every day. Habit has written far more books than inspiration has. If you want the Muse to visit you, she needs to know where you…
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Hey! I feel like that too.
Read more: Hey! I feel like that too.“Be brave with it. Be brave with the thing that you are most scared to talk about, that is the thing you need to be able to talk about. There are so many tragedies in…
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First Draft
Read more: First Draft“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” — Terry Pratchett Attributed to Terry Pratchett #amwriting #justwrite #iamawriter
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Wanted: Real Characters
Read more: Wanted: Real Characters“. . . there’s nothing more glorious than when a fictional character feels completely real. And nothing more meh than when a fictional character feels like a cardboard cut-out” Excerpt from Forever Workshop From Marlene: I…
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A Prayer for the World
Read more: A Prayer for the World“Let the rain come and wash awaythe ancient grudges, the bitter hatredsheld and nurtured over generations.Let the rain wash away the memoryof the hurt, the neglect.Then let the sun come out andfill the sky with…
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When is writing done?
Read more: When is writing done?“Even after a poem has hardened into print, it may continue to represent a risk, a chance, a surmise, or a hypothesis about itself.” — Mary Kinzie Mary Kinzie. A Poet’s Guide to Poetry, U…
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Why Write?
Read more: Why Write?“Writing sheds light where there is darkness. It brings people a greater understanding of themselves and each other and the world. It connects them and brings them together. It makes our world warmer and brighter…