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I wanna write a poem. But I want it to say what you’re thinking. I wanna patch up the holes when your boat starts sinking. I wanna write that ‘one of a kind’ poem, that ‘free your mind’ poem, that ‘I like how you made that rhyme’ poem, that ‘I like that last line’ poem, that ‘Can I hear that one more time? (That is, if you don’t mind.)’ poem. I
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Almost all the writing I’m most proud of was started early in the afternoon and finished at whatever the natural stopping point was, generally between 6 PM and 2 AM.
Patrick Mckenzie (perma)
I have more than 100 text files in my “drafts” folder. Some of them consist only of a few lines; some are hundreds and... See more
Someone once told me that good-humored people never become writers. That people who nurse grudges and write them down when nobody is looking instead of immediately talking them out are the ones that become writers.
Myung-hoon Bae • Tower
This might sound harsh, but it’s the truth. You’d better be writing because you can’t not write. You’d better love it. (Otherwise, quit now.) But if you do love it, I mean really love it, the world needs you far more than you know. We are waiting for your words. Longing to be changed. We need your art—whether you realize it or not. Will you share
... See moreJeff Goins • You Are a Writer (So Start Acting Like One)
William Zinsser says that writers “love to have written,”
Donald Miller • A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
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