Reading + Writing
Something Charlie Chaplin said: "Over the years I have discovered that ideas come through an intense desire for them; continually desiring, the mind becomes a watch-tower on the look-out for incidents that may excite the imagination - music, a sunset, may give image to an idea.
I would say, pick a subject that will stimulate you, elaborate it and in
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What Dan Read
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Writing
I lost my writing mojo recently. No ideas, lacking in inspiration. Reading more - which is good. But writing far less. I’ve questioned the value of some of the online corners of the internet where I’ve written previously. It feels like shouting into the void. I’m rethinking my approach. Perhaps that’s another way. Everyone seems to be marchi
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Austen read William Shakespeare, John Milton, Daniel Defoe, and Samuel Richardson, all authors I had read. She also read Frances Burney, Ann Radcliffe, Charlotte Lennox, Hannah More, Charlotte Smith, Elizabeth Inchbald, Hester Piozzi, and Maria Edgeworth, all authors I hadn’t.
Rebecca Romney • Jane Austen's Bookshelf
I love books that take me down rabbit holes. I hadn’t considered before the writing that might have inspired Jane Austen. This book details what she read - and some of it is still available. It adds another layer to the Austen story.