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Writing Quote Wednesday: Courage
“…Being courageous doesn’t mean you don’t have fear; it means your willing to act in spite of your fear. Every courageous person I’ve ever known struggled with fear, but they were willing to act in spite of that fear. That’s what made them courageous.” —Michael Hyatt, This is Your…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Being Busy
“Another thing that estranges us from our dreams is everyday distraction. Rarely is the distraction so large you notice it. I’ve never met someone who says, “I was unable to write my great American novel because my house burned down.” Instead, I’ve met hundreds of people who tell me…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Nurturing the Writer
“When earth is rich it bids defiance to droughts, yields in abundance, and of the best quality.” –Letter from Thomas Jefferson to his daughter, Martha, from Philadelphia July 21, 1793 p. 22 THE DOMESTIC LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON, letters compiled by Sarah Randolph In this quote, Thomas Jefferson…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Do It!
“Doing is better than not doing, and if you do something badly you’ll learn to do it better.” —THE CREATIVE HABIT by Twyla Tharp One of the things that’s been plaguing me lately is noticing that I’m not executing something particularly well in my writing. When it comes…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Just Write
“Nothing you write is wasted. Whether you use what you’ve produced or not, you will have learned from the experience…and you can never know too much.” —Holly Lisle in MUGGING THE MUSE I’m beginning Teachers Write this week with superstar writers Kate Messner, Gae Polisner, Jo Knowles, and Jen…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: The Backstory
“Before you can tell others your story, you have to tell yourself its prequel.” —K.M. Weiland, OUTLINING YOUR NOVEL: MAP YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS In other words, as the writer, you have to know the backstory of your story. The reader doesn’t necessarily need to know very many of…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Having Kids and Writing
“I can count all the ways in which being a mother has enriched my understanding of the world, of character, my sense of the future and my attachment to it. I can’t imagine what kind of writer I’d be if I didn’t have my kids.” —Barbara Kingsolver, The Telegraph…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Making Time to Write
“If you don’t write when you don’t have time for it, you won’t write when you do have time for it.” —Katerina Stoykova Klemer After my second child is born, I wondered if my writing life was over. I didn’t know when I would be able to fit…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Looking Forward
“In every situation, at the beginning or the end of the workday, you have a choice. You can look back or you can look forward. My advice: look forward. Always think about the next day.” —Twila Tharp, THE CREATIVE HABIT On days that I don’t prepare the night…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Creating the Habit of Art
“Creating art is a habit, one that we practice daily or hourly until we get good at it.” —Seth Godin, The Icarus Deception Last weekend, the “We’re All in This Together” folks gave advice on finding time to write (see Post 1 and Post 2). Truthfully, I…