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Daniel Southwell • The Art of Writing a Novel Slowly
Writing is part creation and part criticism, part id and part superego: let the id unleash a discursive screed, and then let the superego, with its red pens and eye rolls, have its turn.
Paul J. Silvia • How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing
As you write your manuscript, you’re learning. As you wrestle through the editing process, and interpreting reader feedback, reading the story out loud to yourself and rewriting it again and again, not only is your manuscript improving, but you are too. And when you’re done, let it go. Hit publish. See what readers think. Sit back and let your word
... See moreScott Moon • The Writing Dream: and How to Make it to Happily Ever After
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carlton smith • 4 cards
Young writers find out what kinds of writers they are by experiment. If they choose from the outset to practice exclusively a form of writing because it is praised in the classroom or otherwise carries appealing prestige, they are vastly increasing the risk inherent in taking up writing in the first place. It is so easy to misjudge yourself and get
... See moreJohn McPhee • Draft No. 4
I write when the spirit moves me,” Faulkner said, “and the spirit moves me every day.
Mason Currey • Daily Rituals: How Artists Work
Before we even start, we sabotage our work and subvert our genius. And how, pray tell, do we do this? With words. Subtle but serious words that kill our passion before we can pursue it. Words like “aspiring” and “wannabe.” Words like “I wish” and “someday.” There is a solution to this. A simple way of facing your fears and living the dream: Become
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