"…Writing is not figure skating or skiing…"warns Paul Theroux QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Notice how many of the Olympic athletes effusively thanked their mothers for their success? “She drove me to my practice at four in the morning,” etc. Writing is not figure … Continue reading
Probably the best definition of a short story – Neil Gaiman QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be … Continue reading
"When I start writing the first sentence…" Anna Mocikat QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Since I used to be a screenwriter before I started publishing novels, I’m an enthusiastic plotter. When I start writing the first sentence of a novel, I know exactly how … Continue reading
What happens when we allow ourselves to write freely…Sharon Olds QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Whenever we give our pen some free will, we may surprise ourselves. All that wanting to seem normal in regular life, all that fitting in falls away in the face … Continue reading
Clive James on originality QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Scarcely anything is original. It’s very hard to be totally inventive, so I’m not terribly interested in originality. Vitality is all I care about. CLIVE JAMES Photo by Sharon Pittaway on Unsplash
"…It is always the art of the possible, never the impossible." Ray Bradbury QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn’t exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for everybody, and nothing will ever be the same … Continue reading
Read Iris Murdoch on words: "the ultimate…stuff of our moral being" QUOTES FOR WRITERS
THERE IS NO DOUBT which art is the most practically important for our survival and our salvation, and that is literature. Words constitute the ultimate texture and stuff of our … Continue reading
My New Year present… a link to a short story that might just change the way you write or what you want to write about.
Ok, the statements in the heading of this post are so sweeping they could clean your whole house. And you’ve probably instinctively flinched because who likes to be told how … Continue reading
How to overcome writer's doubt – Diana Marie Delgado QUOTES FOR WRITERS
My problem isn’t writer’s block—it’s writer’s doubt. I sit down but I often doubt that I can finish what’s in front of me. So, I’m not a writer who typically … Continue reading
Two opportunities in 2020 for artists, scientists and teachers to sail the Arctic Circle
CRAVING ADVENTURE as you look towards the new year and a new decade? Sailing the Arctic Circle in a traditional rigged sailing ship in the company of fellow artists (all … Continue reading
It rained when it should have snowed…Seamus Heaney QUOTES FOR WRITERS
It rained when it should have snowed. When we went to gather holly the ditches were swimming, we were wet to the knees, our hands were all jags and water … Continue reading
Is there a writer in your life? Treat them to an experience at a bargain price that will last long after Christmas Day
You’re busy so I won’t waffle… Bestselling novelist Sarah Rayner and I have been running Saturday workshops in her lovely Brighton home since the summer. We love doing it and … Continue reading
True humour is the antidote to dogmatism and fanaticism – Nick Cave QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Humour is not lack of gravity and it is not frivolity. Rather, it is the merciful oxygen that can envelop seriousness and prevent it from becoming a grim contagion that … Continue reading
There’s self-respect in making things, says poet Sharon Olds QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Writing or making anything — a poem, a bird feeder, a chocolate cake — has self-respect in it. You’re working. You’re trying. You’re not lying down on the ground, having … Continue reading
