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I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.Julia Cameron If you’re not familiar with Julia Continue reading How to Find A Balanced Writing Life
Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. The chasm is never completely bridged. We all have the conviction, perhaps illusory, that we have much more to say than appears on the paper. ~Isaac Continue reading How deep is the chasm?
Zest. Gusto. How rarely one hears these words used. How rarely do we see people living, or for that matter, creating by them. Yet if I were asked to name the most important items in a writer’s make-up, the things Continue reading Zest…not just for lemon poppyseed cake
I have always been a beach gal, since the age of 8 months which I’m pretty sure is the first time I stuck my teeny toes in the surf I’ve been in love with the sun, the waves, and the Continue reading The Beach or the Mountains?
His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly’s wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or Continue reading Hemingway’s Writing Tips
Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of Continue reading Originality in the Writing World
The key question isn’t “What fosters creativity?” But it is why in God’s name isn’t everyone creative? Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled? I think therefore a good question might be not why do people create? Continue reading Why Isn’t Everyone Creative?
“It’s none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way.” -Ernest Hemingway There are mixed messages in the writing community about getting a degree in Creative Writing, many professional writers Continue reading Learning to Write…do you need a degree?
Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted. ~Jules Renard, Journal, 10 April 1895 I managed to leave the antiques fair yesterday only spending $5.00, and $2.00 of that was admission. As my friend Rhonda pointed out buying postcards Continue reading Talking without being interrupted