“No matter where we [are] in our writing careers, we’ll always have to edit. We’ll never become so good that we outgrow the need for it.”
–Jody Hedlund
We’ll always have to edit
December 8th, 2010 — Quotations
Perfect time to write
October 27th, 2010 — Quotations
“There is no perfect time to write. There’s only now.”
-Barbara Kingsolver
Polish and polish some more
October 13th, 2010 — Editing & Revising, Quotations
“I have come to accept the fact that I will never be done learning, and that committing to the time it takes to make things right is part of being a good writer. I want to be a great writer – that means making the effort to polish and polish some more.”
–Jan Cline
Warding off writing fears
August 25th, 2010 — Quotations
“As children get older, they only get more intimidated by writing. You need to start at a young age.”
—Betty Rogers
2003 Teacher of the Year
Write
August 11th, 2010 — Quotations
“If you wish to be a writer, write.”
—Epictetus
Why do writers write?
July 28th, 2010 — Quotations
“Why do writers write? Because it isn’t there.”
—Thomas Berger
Making a home for oneself
July 14th, 2010 — Quotations
“One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others’ minds.”
—Alfred Kazin
Photo courtesy of Susan Gibson © 2009. Used by permission.
Write bravely
June 23rd, 2010 — Quotations
“Whether or not you write well, write bravely.”
—Bill Stout
The reality
June 9th, 2010 — Quotations, Wordless Wednesday
“You will be judged, for your entire life, on the basis of how well you write. If you write well, people will think you are smart. If you write poorly, they will think you are dumb. That is perhaps unfair, but it is the reality, and you might as well face it now.”
–Robert Pasnau
Better to write twaddle…
May 26th, 2010 — Quotations, Wordless Wednesday
“Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything, than nothing at all.”
—Katherine Mansfield
