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Regret is a shadow in youth…

By Ally ⋅ January 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Regret is a shadow in youth but an old friend in age.

What Creative Writing Courses Don’t Teach You About Writing

By Alice ⋅ December 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I don’t know much about creative writing programs. But they’re not telling the truth if they don’t teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.
Doris Lessing
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The Role of a Writer

By Alice ⋅ December 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The role of the writer is not to say what we can all say but what we are unable to say.
Anais Nin
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Inspiration

By Alice ⋅ December 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.
Jack London
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Talent

By Alice ⋅ December 7, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I see the notion of talent as quite irrelevant. I see instead perseverance, application, industry, assiduity, will, will, will, desire, desire, desire.
Gordon Lish
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Words

By Alice ⋅ November 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind.
Rudyard Kipling
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Good Advice

By Alice ⋅ November 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Keep in mind that the person to write for is yourself. Tell the story that you most desperately want to read.
Susan Isaacs
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Habits

By Alice ⋅ November 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Work every day. No matter what has happened the day or night before, get up and bite on the nail.
Ernest Hemingway
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Inspiration

By Alice ⋅ November 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two absolute necessities. The other, unfortunately, is talent.
Ernest Hemingway
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Easy Reading

By Alice ⋅ November 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Easy reading is damned hard writing.
Nathaniel Hawthorne(1804-1864)
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