Quotes
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“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 Lately, I have been dedicating most of my spare time to my various writing projects and I realized, when talking about this a little with…
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“Writer’s block is a disease for which there is no cure, only respite.” -Terry Guillemets. Though I cannot exactly say I’m suffering from writer’s block at this moment (I’m suffering more of a lack of time), I have to appreciate this quote for all the times I’ve sat there, desiring nothing more than to just…
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“I’m not a very good writer, but I’m an excellent rewriter.” ~James Michener Amen to that, brother. There are a lot of great quotes out there by writers, but I think if there were any I would put in fancy writing, frame, and hang in my room somewhere, I think it just might have to…
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“So often is the virgin sheet of paper more real than what one has to say, and so often one regrets having marred it.” ~Harold Acton, from Memoirs of an Aesthete You know that great feeling you get when you have a brand new, never before used notebook in your hands, with crisp pages and…
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“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.” – Ray Bradbury At this exact moment in time, something rare is happening with me. I am not stressed out. I am not too terribly worried or concerned, be it with work or money or my writing or anything thing else. I realize that…
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When I was thinking of a quote to post today for lack of anything else to really write about, I came across one that I find a real encouragement. I did, out of curiosity, read the next one on the list I was going through and decided that the one that followed was just as…
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“The best time for planning a book is while you’re doing the dishes.” –Agatha Christie I love this quote. I was thinking of doing a character study post for today, building off of yesterday’s musings on my current lack of male main characters lately, but when I came across this quote, I knew I had…
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I took a break on Sunday, as is sometime the case, just because the weekends usually wear me down pretty good, and we’ll get back on track with just a nice little writer quote for the week: “You can take for granted that people know more or less what a street, a shop, a beach,…
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Before we get to the quote we’re going to do today because I couldn’t think of anything else to write about, I’d like to welcome Magic of Ice Cream as my latest subscriber! Thanks for reading, and now I’ll get to look forward to reading your stuff, too! And now, a quote: “The difficulty of…
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“If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” ~Toni Morrison I haven’t done a writer quote in a while, so I don’t feel too bad doing it today. This one in particular is a favourite; it makes me laugh because it makes a…
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