Barbara Kingsolver’s advice on writer’s block… QUOTES FOR WRITERS
It doesn’t matter how many books I’ve published, starting the next one always feels as daunting as the first. A day comes when I just have to make a deal … Continue reading
Maybe a good writer doesn’t need…QUOTES FOR WRITERS
I believe myself that a good writer doesn’t really need to be told anything except to keep at it. Chinua Achebe
Why it’s good to be a writer…QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.William Cowper
The first line of a poem is the most important line, says Billy Collins QUOTES FOR WRITERS
There’s a lot of waiting around until something happens… there’s a kind of vigilance involved. I think what gets a poem going is an initiating line. Sometimes a first line … Continue reading
Nations depend on poetry and painting, said William Blake…Quotes for Writers
Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.William Blake
How to write from your unique position in the universe… Advice from Barbara Kingsolver QUOTES FOR WRITERS
It’s no coincidence that a lot of writers are introverts. At some point in the life of a manuscript you’ll want to get feedback, but not while it’s in the … Continue reading
Lean on the delete key, says Barbara Kingsolver QUOTE FOR WRITERS
Revision is my favorite work, the part of the process when art really happens. Once you know where you’re going, you can back up and tilt every scene in just … Continue reading
“If I give myself just one constraint…suddenly I’m free” Sarah Viren on rejecting and accepting the restrictions of genre QUOTES FOR WRITERS
I am an essayist, not a poet, but that means nothing when I’m working on one line, trying to find or make a word that fits the sound and meat … Continue reading
Why the first draft just won’t do by Leonard Cohen QUOTES FOR WRITERS
My first thoughts are dull, are prejudiced, are poisonous. I find last thought, best thought. Leonard Cohen
Poetry is necessary…Adrienne Rich QUOTES FOR WRITERS
I have never believed that poetry is an escape from history, and I do not think it is more, or less, necessary than food, shelter, health, education, decent working conditions. … Continue reading
Why we need litrature – Ursula K. Le Guin QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Literature is the operating instructions. The best manual we have. The most useful guide to the country we’re visiting, life. Ursula K. Le Guin
Three things are important if you want to write, says Madeleine L’Engle QUOTES FOR WRITERS
I have advice for people who want to write. I don’t care whether they’re 5 or 500. There are three things that are important: First, if you want to write, … Continue reading
“…remember how much we love the mere act of putting words on the page…” Lee Martin QUOTES FOR WRITERS
In every workshop I teach, I pass along a single piece of writing advice. It comes from Isak Dinesen who encouraged writers to, “Write a little every day, without hope, … Continue reading
Why we can all read Chekhov and learn from him, says Francine prose QUOTES FOR WRITERS
You can pick up a volume of Chekhov’s stories and open it anywhere, and, no matter how well or poorly the Russian has been translated, you will probably have a … Continue reading
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