Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Tag: writing freedom censorship writers-block
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writing about a writer's block is better than not writing at all
Charles BukowskiTag: writing writers-block
When she got back from taking Cassie to school Fancy knew that she ought to be working on her wilderness romance. She had promised thirty thousand words to her editor by tomorrow, and she had only written eleven. Specifically:
His rhinoceros smelled like a poppadom: sweaty, salty, strange and strong.
Her editor would cut that line.
Tag: humor writers writers-block editing romance-novel
Meggie Folchart: Having writer's block? Maybe I can help.
Fenoglio: Oh yes, that's right. You want to be a writer, don't you?
Meggie Folchart: You say that as if it's a bad thing.
Fenoglio: Oh no, it's just a lonely thing. Sometimes the world you create on the page seems more friendly and alive than the world you actually live in.
Tag: writers-block writing-life
Discipline allows magic. To be a writer is to be the very best of assassins. You do not sit down and write every day to force the Muse to show up. You get into the habit of writing every day so that when she shows up, you have the maximum chance of catching her, bashing her on the head, and squeezing every last drop out of that bitch.
Lili St. CrowTag: humor wisdom writing humour funny humor-work humorous writers-block writer writers-on-writing writing-philosophy funny-as-hell funny-stuff funny-quotes
If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be patient.
Hilary MantelTag: inspiration procrastination creativity openness distraction writers-block problem-solving
Very often we write down a sentence too early, then another too late; what we have to do is write it down at the proper time, otherwise it's lost.
Thomas BernhardTag: writing writers-block writer-s-block
The music lets me see the story but the story doesn't let me write the words.
Elizabeth J. KolodziejTag: words music writing writers-block
Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite:
"Fool!" said my muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write.
Tag: inspirational writers-block writing-advice writers-on-writing
When words don't come easy, I make do with silence and find something in nothing." ~ Strider Marcus Jones, Poet
Strider Marcus JonesTag: inspirational solitude silence writers-block nothing
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