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Word pictures

“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” 

—Anton Chekhov

You must write it

     “If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” 

—Toni Morrison

 

 

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A miraculous feeling of words

“The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible.”

—Vladimir Nabakov

 

On revising

“I’m not a very good writer, but I’m an excellent rewriter.”

—James Michener 

  

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A process of discovery

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

The breathings of your heart

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. 

—William Wordsworth

Words matter

Words matter:

write to

Learn what

you know.

—mary anne radmacher

 

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What you really want to say

     “The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say.” 

Mark Twain

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