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We’re All in This Together: Favorite Writing Quotes

We’re All in This Together is back! I asked everyone if they had a favorite writing quote that they put near their computer or nearby to inspire them.

I hope you will be inspired by reading all of the quotes.

EW Clark

YA novelist

ewclark.net

I don’t!  What I do have — often, anyhow — is a stack of books that I refer to based on whatever I’m writing.  I do a lot of research for my books.  Right now I’ve got a ton of stuff about New Zealand on my desk and in a stack on the floor next to it.  So although I don’t have anything that’s motivational per se, I do have a lot of visual reminders to keep me focused!

Sue Heavenrich

http://archimedesnotebook.blogspot.com/
One of the quotes taped above my desk:

“The world isn’t flat. It’s deeply corrugated. And some of the best stories lie hidden in the corrugations.”  (from journalist Paul Salopek who, this past January, began a seven year journey on foot from Ethiopia to Patagonia to follow the footsteps of the first migration of humans across the planet 60,000 years ago.

Vivian Kirkfield

Author – Parenting Speaker – Educator

www.viviankirkfield.com

“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading is good for him.” – Maya Angelou

I love this quote because it embodies the importance of creating an atmosphere of joy and love when reading to young children. So many parents stress out about what book or type of book their child should be reading/listening to. Picture book, chapter book, comic book, magazine…who cares!

When our kids were very young, I would always take paper and crayons along…to the doctor’s office, store, visiting relatives. In a pinch, I could always fold the paper and make a ‘book’ out of it and write/draw a new story. Entertaining, educational and, in many instances, a life-saver.:)

 

Liz Parker Garcia

“You fail only if you stop writing” – Ray Bradbury

“I have missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions, I have been entrusted to take the game’s winning shot . . . and missed. And I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why . . . I succeed. – Michael Jordan

 

“All writers suffer credibility attacks; learning to ignore them is part of surviving as a writer. Based on the idea that writing is product, not process, the credibility attack wants to know just what credits you’ve amassed lately. The mere act of writing, the fact of which makes you a writer, counts for nothing with this monster. Writing for the love of writing, the sheer act of writing, is the only antidote for the poison of credibility attacks – and the antidote is short-lived and must be readministered.”- Julia Cameron “The Writer’s Life: Insights from The Right to Write”

Amie Rose Rotruck

Author of “Young Wizards Handbook: How to Trap a Zombie, Track a Vampire, and Other Hands-On Activities for Monster Hunters” and “Bronze Dragon Codex” (as R.D. Henham)

www.amieroserotruck.com

I don’t keep this posted in my writing area, but it’s ALWAYS in my mind.
“Never a day without a line.”
I don’t know who said it originally, but I heard Stephen King say it years ago when I was lucky enough to hear him speak at a museum program.  This is my motto when I’m actively working on something.  I find if I just write a sentence a day, it really keeps me in the world that I’m working in.  However, I’m also prone to NOT following it.  Perhaps that means I should post it in my office!  When I am able to do it, though, it makes ALL the difference in the world to both my writing and my confidence that I am truly a writer.

Carol Munro

Full-time freelance writer

www.carolmunrojustwritewords.wordpress.com

The thing I have on my computer was a quote a friend gave me for my husband. (Yes, I misappropriated it.)
“Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.”  — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It’s a rather popular quote, so I poked around in the many writers-on-writing books I have for a few lesser known quotes I thought WAITT followers might find inspiring.
“Don’t get it right, get it written.” — James Thurber
“The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.” — Maya Angelou
“When you sit down to write, tell the truth from one moment to the next and see where it takes you.” — David Mamet

Romelle Broas Guittap

www.romellebroas.blogspot.com

“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong” ~Joseph Chilton Pierce

I love this quote because it helps me get out of my rut. There are times when I can’t seem to get any words on paper. This quote helped me realize that it’s because I am thinking too hard. My obsession of getting it right the first time is hindering my writing. This quote helps me to let go of my inhibitions and just write. After all, “writing is re-writing.”

 

Robyn Campbell

RobynCampbell.com

There have been many quotes that I’ve read in my writing life which spurred me onward in my writing but none like this one. It actually comes from Peter Pan, but it encourages me and I hope it encourages others after they read it and then remember it from J.M. Barrie in Peter Pan.
 
“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever being able to do it.” -Peter Pan
 
Isn’t that so true? Never doubt yourself, it will only hold you back. 

 

Marcie Flinchum Atkins

Children’s and YA Writer

www.marcieatkins.com

Near my desk is this quote:

“If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.”

It’s also has a picture of a remote path and the word DILIGENCE is written underneath it. I’ve had it for years. But when I hit obstacle after obstacle, it makes me realize that this is part of the journey.

 

For more Writing Quotes, visit Marcie’s Writing Quote Wednesday posts.

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