inspiration, creative writing prompts, motivational quotes, poetry and gentle nagging on the creative writing life…
Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once in that mirror which waits always before or behind. ~Catherine Drinker Bowen, Atlantic, December 1957 Continue reading Double Living
“There is more than a verbal tie between the words common, community, and communication…. Try the experiment of communicating, with fullness and accuracy, some experience to another, especially if it be somewhat complicated, and you will find your own attitude Continue reading Common Ties
One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time, in others’ minds.”Alfred Kazin I think one of the reasons I love writing so much is that I’m able to bring readers into my world, I can also Continue reading The Crazy Child’s Home
Easy reading is damn hard writing. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne I love when quotes are so timeless. I have a great affection for Mr. Hawthorne. Not only was he a fellow New Englander, he started as a short story writer and struggled Continue reading Writing Dreams
Words – so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne I have always loved words, Continue reading The Power of Words
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.Scott Adams Children know all about being creative…if you look at their creative talents there is a freedom that we lose as we get older when we Continue reading Daily creativity
Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark.Annie Dillard I don’t know that I agree with Annie Dillard. But she’s a Pulitzer-prize winning author and I’m not. Continue reading A Room with a View
Detail makes the difference between boring and terrific writing. It’s the difference between a pencil sketch and a lush oil painting. As a writer, words are your paint. Use all the colors.Rhys Alexander Randomly pick up a book and read Continue reading Use all the colors
The things I like to find in a story are punch and poetry.~ Sean O’Faolain This week is my week to work on my manuscript, while I try to work on it every day I find myself working on the Continue reading Does Your Writing Have Punch?
Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to Continue reading What do you have to say?