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One Book on My Writing Bookshelf

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Writing Nag — No Comments ↓

What’s this business of being a writer. It’s just putting one word after another.~ Irving Thalberg If You Can Talk, You Can Write This book by Joel Saltzman is a short inspiring book that I keep on my writing bookshelf Continue reading One Book on My Writing Bookshelf→

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A Stretch of Cloudless Sky

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Writing Nag — No Comments ↓

The ideal view for daily writing, hour on hour, is the blank brick wall of a cold-storage warehouse. Failing this, a stretch of sky will do cloudless if possible.~ Edna Ferber Edna Ferber was called “the greatest American woman novelist Continue reading A Stretch of Cloudless Sky→

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It’s not easy

Posted on June 28, 2007 by Writing Nag — No Comments ↓

“Writing is the hardest work in the world. I have been a bricklayer and a truck driver, and I tell you — as if you haven’t been told a million times already — that writing is harder. Lonelier. And nobler Continue reading It’s not easy→

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Perfectionism and writing

Posted on June 26, 2007 by Writing Nag — 2 Comments ↓

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.Robert Schuller We will write when we’re inspired, when the time and all of the conditions are perfect. When the coffee mug is full, the pencils are sharp, the ream of Continue reading Perfectionism and writing→

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Making Money as a Writer

Posted on June 26, 2007 by Writing Nag — 3 Comments ↓

I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing this.Cormac McCarthy For me it’s been a struggle making a living as a writer and I Continue reading Making Money as a Writer→

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Making Sense of it

Posted on June 25, 2007 by Writing Nag — No Comments ↓

“Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you’ve made sense of one small area.” Nadine Gordimer (South African novelist and short-story writer, 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature) Why do you write? If you have Continue reading Making Sense of it→

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A Talent for Writing

Posted on June 24, 2007 by Writing Nag — No Comments ↓

It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by that time I was too famous. ~Robert Benchley Are you a talented writer or are you like many published Continue reading A Talent for Writing→

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Write a Poem and Submit it

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Writing Nag — No Comments ↓

A poem begins with a lump in the throat. ~Robert Frost If you find that even writing one page is too daunting, try writing a poem. A poem can be the bridge from lumpy throat to finished work. A poem Continue reading Write a Poem and Submit it→

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Anticipation

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Writing Nag — 1 Comment ↓

Writing became such a process of discovery that I couldn’t wait to get to work in the morning: I wanted to know what I was going to say. ~Sharon O’Brien Did you ever find a piece of your writing that Continue reading Anticipation→

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The Writing Secret

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Writing Nag — No Comments ↓

Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret.– Matthew Arnold I think so many writers are looking for something that’s not really there. I’m a firm believer in writing your truth. Continue reading The Writing Secret→

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