- Writing can be like studying. You sit there almost comatose, and, while nothing appears to be happening, all hell is breaking loose in your head- In writing, as in life, people want you to be honest, until you say things they don't want to hear.
- If you're searching for an agent to represent you, may your stride be longer returning from the mailbox than on the way to it.
- As a writer, all the people you meet will expect you to have read everything they've ever read.
- Some writers compete with other writers. Better writers compete with themselves. The best writers compete with the possible.
- You may hide from strong feelings in your everyday life, but not in your writing.
- Remember, there is no rule that says you have to write the beginning first.
Last of all, here's an anonymous tid-bit I found years ago:
My best moment as a writer came when I presented my first book to my mother. She stood at her kitchen table with moist eyes, repeatedly wiping the palms of her hands on her apron before she would touch the book. May you know such a moment.
8 comments:
I really like all of these - especially the last one...
Great lazy post. Made me smile!
Thanks Ms. Kennedy
Loved 'em.
I heart these snippets, every last one of them. And I'm not even a writer!
Those are awesome, especially the first one. Words to live by. I like the new layout.
The last one got me misty.
I can envision that mom being so proud of her writer child.
Nice post.
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The first one, about all hell breaking loose inside a writer's head reminds me of every woman I know *LOL
I'm guilty of this one!!!!!
"As a writer, all the people you meet will expect you to have read everything they've ever read"
Every writer I've met at a reading has (I'm sure) wanted to roll their eyes the minute I get to the front of the line and ask if they've every read... such and such book!!!
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