At least I understood that writing was this: an impulse to share with other people a feeling or truth that I myself had. Not to preach to them, but to give it to them if they cared to hear it.
Brenda UelandTags: art writing creativity writing-life
If you can't stand your own company alone in a room for long hours, or, when it gets tough, the feeling of being in a locked cell, or, when it gets tougher still, the vague feeling of being buried alive--then don't be a writer.
Graham SwiftTags: writing writing-advice writing-life
The greater the artist, the greater the doubt.
Robert HughesTags: writing writing-advice writing-life
Αν ήμουν σίγουρη ότι θα μπορώ να γράφω και μετά θάνατον, θα πέθαινα κάθε χρόνο ή τουλάχιστον χρόνο παρά χρόνο.
Ζυράννα ΖατέληTags: humor writing-life
You may be a serious writer if ….
10. your hard drive is littered with random notes and story ideas … but not nearly as littered as your head.
9. you keep pen and paper next to your bed. And in the glove compartment. And in your gym bag. Also on the rim of the bathtub.
8. a day without Roget’s Thesaurus is a day without sunshine.
7. your emotional landscape includes creativity, confidence, elation, frustration, and the occasional neurosis.
6. you’ve ever had to clean peanut butter and bread crumbs off your keyboard, because the work was going well, and you didn’t want to stop for lunch.
5. grammar and punctuation turn you on.
4. your interest in a new acquaintance is directly proportionate to his/her potential as a secondary character.
3. you’ve worn the white e, r, s, and t clean off your keyboard.
2. the search history on your web browser would raise red flags with the FBI, CIA, DEA, and mental health professionals everywhere.
1. you have stories to tell, and you just. Keep. Telling. Them.
Tags: writers writers-on-writing writing-life
Every time I complete a major project I reward myself with two full days of just reading and coffee! I do justify that it is my work!
Delia J. ColvinTags: paranormal-romance writing-life fantasy-novels the-sibylline-oracle the-symbolon
When strangers on a train or a plane ask what I do for a living, I say, "I kill people." This response makes for a short conversation. No eye contact and no sudden movement from my seat-mate. Only peace and quiet. Rare is the fellow passenger who asks why I do it.
I suppose I got tired hanging out in a book all day waiting for a story to begin. I write the kind of novels I want to read. And why the theme of solving murders? Violent death is larger than life and it's the great equalizer. By law, every victim is entitled to a paladin and a chase, else life would be cheapened.
And the real reason I do this? My brain is simply bent this way. There is nothing else I would rather do. This neatly chains into my theory of the writing life. If you scratch an artist, under the skin you will find a bum who cannot hold down a real job. Conversely, if you scratch a bum... but I have never done that.
The heart of my theory has puritan roots: if you love what you do, you cannot call it honest work.
Tags: writing-life the-lineup
A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood.
Leo RostenTags: writing writing-life
Writing is a 24/7 job. You live it, eat it, breathe it... the pay can be pretty lousy, but you do it happily, because you love it!!! That, and from the day you started writing the voices in your head became a permanent fixture :) ... oh, missed one out - You sleep it!
Patti RobertsTags: writing writing-life
Those who speak in spiritual terms routinely refer to God as creator but seldom see "creator" as the literal term for "artist". I am suggesting you take the term "creator" quite literally. You are seeking to forge a creative alliance, artist-to-artist with the Great Creator. Accepting this concept can greatly expand your creative possibilities.
Julia CameronTags: spirituality creative-process writing-life
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