May 2011
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The Periodic Table of Storytelling
samnotsammy:
See it in full here.
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“Nothing compares to the first anarchic scent
of lilac in mid May. A woman who...”
– from “After Odysseus” by Judith Page Heitzman (via awritersruminations)
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Musings of a Wannabe-Writer: Anne Enright's 10... →
papercrushed:
1 The first 12 years are the worst.
2 The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page.
3 Only bad writers think that their work is really good.
4 Description is hard. Remember that all description is an opinion…
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“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the...”
– Roald Dahl (via heidela)
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“She is involved in perversities and tragedies that she cannot live up to. I have...”
– Anais Nin (talking about June Miller- Henry & June)
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“I enjoy the power of his writing, the ugly, destructive, fearless cathartic...”
– Anais Nin on Henry Miller. (via literarylovers) (via wordpainting)
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“If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing...”
– Anaïs Nin (via cherryblue)
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“Suddenly I realize
That if I stepped out of my body I would break
Into...”
– James Wright “A Blessing” (via asdfspace)
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Write one leaf that contains magic.
writeoneleaf:
pages about + ask one leaf + random | sponsors You Are a Dog + We Are the Cat
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Write one leaf - Tumblr →
Write One Leaf is about writing every day. It’s about getting started. Write one leaf; one word, two pages, three notecards, four napkins, five blog posts, &c. But begin. Use your hands. The best way to get started is to get started. Write. Right now.
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“I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.”
– Edgar Allan Poe (via notetosarah)
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Women's Poetry Contest 2011 →
Winner of 2010
The widower and his clothes
by MARGARET LIVINGSTON
The winter after the weather organised his clothes. He took to moors and beaches and tentative horizons that juggled sun and blizzards on the ocean’s edge.
He took to rocks, and sturdier boots, and ditches where the rain lay muttering with the moss and dark newts lived a definite life that made him feel unformed.
He looked to...
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62words:
He didn’t let himself dream big, because he didn’t want to let himself down. When you let yourself down, he thought, it’s hard to get back up.
Then he met her, and she said to him, “I would rather not live up to my own dreams than not dream at all.”
He thought about it.
As it turned out, she was right.
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Free Write Lesson 2: "When she/he imagined her/his...
At the beginning of each class we have to free write. This means our teacher writes a line on the board and we have to continue it. When we first did this I could have died. Nothing makes me feel more naked than having to share my writing.
At first I raised my brow at the line and secretly died again inside. Not only do we have to write but we have to read it to the class. This could have gone...
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Free Write Lesson 1: "If there's one thing you...
It’s that I hate reading my work out.
The first lesson left me feeling incredibly intimidated. I wasn’t the only one without a solid novel idea but I appeared to be the only one without any confidence. The class started with the free write, apparently it’s to break the spell of work and other stresses. It exists to help us to get into the right state of mind. I stared at the...
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Lesson #1: So who are we and why are we here?
I’m not going to write about the whole session. Instead I’ll share bits that stuck to my brain.
One particular reason someone else was attending the class:
“To find out if I’m as good as I think I am.”
But mainly people were attending because they were struggling with the plot and needed discipline to get their novels moving. As one person said, “Not sure...
40 Literary Terms Every Bookworm Should Know →
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“When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of...”
– Maya Angelou (via libraryland)
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Fighting with Typekit.
The End.
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