Writing
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Writing
Writing doesn't just communicate ideas; it generates them.
6 tips from John Steinbeck on writing:
Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day, it helps. Then when it gets finished, you are always surprised.
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down.
This quiet looking and thinking is the imagination; it is letting in ideas.
Brenda Ueland • If You Want to Write
Grace Lin: She asks, Where do you get your ideas?... See more
Mo Willems: Well, Leah, that's a very good question and I'm afraid you may not like the answer because ideas are not things you get. People tend to think that ideas are things like diamonds. And then you go out and you get them and you grab them and you bring them back. But that's not what ideas are.
Grace Lin • Episode 9: Where do you get your ideas? With Mo Willems — Kids Ask Authors
Finishing means failing. If you always stay in the drafting stage, success—however you define it—is always on the horizon. But failing is how we teach ourselves to write.
Lincoln Michel • The First and Best Writing Advice I Ever Received
Writing is not about getting letters on a page. It’s not about getting done with text. It’s finding a clear and simple expression for what we feel, mean, and want to express
