Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) WRITERS AND MONEY
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. Jules Renard photo credit: @Doug88888 via photopin cc
Safari Friday searching the web for writers and readers — feedback from a professional
Janice Hardy is an American fantasy and science fiction author. She taught writing at Writers Digest Online Workshops for several years, and now does it through her blog The Other … Continue reading
Monday creative writing exercise because it’s a good way to start the week. And here’s a story starter…
This week it’s a very short exercise but a goody! Don’t ask why it’s so short and late…Oh, go on, do. My new shiny BIG pc is doing everything brilliantly … Continue reading
Monday creative writing exercise because it’s a good way to start the week. Link the three pictures….because there’s a story to tell
Don’t censor yourself just write. Don’t cross out. Just write. Try to keep your hand moving across the page or the keyboard. A lot of what you are going to … Continue reading
Experimental writing at Brighton Digital festival
RICHARD HEARN of Paragraph Planet is back to explain about Geo-Writing at the Digital Festival and how everyone can get involved. Geo-writing is an experimental project in which writers can … Continue reading
Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) What writers should do – Natalie Goldberg
Take out another notebook, pick up another pen, and just write, just write, just write. In the middle of the world, make one positive step. In the centre of chaos, … Continue reading
Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) Why do you want to be a writer?
Ask yourself why you want to be a writer. If your answer is to be rich, or famous, or published or in fact anything other than that you have a … Continue reading
Monday creative writing exercise because it’s a good way to start the week. Rules for Writing
This week not so much an exercise more of a debate. Lots of writers have developed their own set of rules for writing and in February 2010 The Guardian asked … Continue reading
Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) Novelist Sally Koslow on tricking yourself into being a better writer and editor
Start keeping a list of words you tend to repeat: just, always, really, so, whatever. Print your work out more than once, changing fonts, to trick yourself into reading it … Continue reading
Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) on HOUSEWORK because that’s the mood I’m in
Instead of the usual Sunday quote from a famous writer I thought it wouldn’t hurt to be reminded of the activities that can sometimes get in the way of creativity. … Continue reading
Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) American short story writer LORRIE MOORE
Most things good for writing are bad for life. “May your life be not very good material” is a blessing I offer students. —Lorrie Moore Find out more about Lorrie … Continue reading
A haiku for (nearly) every occasion. Never mind the quality – count the syllables
Originally posted on Michelle Proulx – Author:
I don’t know if you’re aware of this, but haikus are “the shizzle”, as teenage hoodlums like to say. For many years I…
Quotes for Writers and people who like quotes Brenda Ueland on what writing feels like
I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like a child stringing beads in kindergarten – happy, absorbed and quietly putting … Continue reading
Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) Crime bestseller Lee Child on meeting a basic human need
There is something fundamental in our makeup that wants to endlessly raise and – most importantly – find answers to questions. I believe this is something writers need to understand. … Continue reading
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 