Quotes

“Why can’t people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?” David Baldacci, writer, book quote from “The Camel Club”, p.304, Pan Macmillan Photo: Kourish Qaffari

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“The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing.” Ben Okri, Nigerian, poet

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“Writing is not lying, nor is it theft. It is a journey and search for transparency between one’s words and one’s soul.” Richard Flanagan, Australian, writer

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“One does not find solitude, one creates it.” Marguerite Duras, French, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker.

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Let us try for once not to be right. Tristan Tzara, Romanian, poet, playwright

via “Let us try for once not to be right.“ — Art of Quotation

This Valentine’s Day we are celebrating with a heartwarming post from the boredpanda blog — proving that even the most unlikely pairs can find love.

via 15 Unusual Animal Friendships That Will Melt Your Heart — Discover

“While there are environmental forces—such as leadership and workplace culture—that influence what we believe about ourselves, ultimately we are the stewards of our own stories.” On his personal blog, content strategist Paul Jun muses on the stories we tell ourselves about the work we do.

via Your Work Is Influenced by the Story You Tell Yourself — Discover

by Cátia Isabel Silva Improvement. That’s an amazing word and fundamental for all of us who want to continuously get better at our jobs. As I already said in previous posts, there is plenty of competition in the writing field, so, if you want to write for life, you must be good at […]

via 9 Tips to Improve Your Writing — A Writer’s Path

by Cynthia Hilston How many of you remember the dreaded research papers you had to write in high school? Raise your hand. Better off, don’t raise your hand. That’s too reminiscent of being back in school. But anyway, I’ll tell you this: if I never have to write another research paper in my […]

via How Every Writer Has Their Own Method — A Writer’s Path

by Matt Frick I didn’t write ONE sentence of my current book project this week. Not a single word. But man did I make some progress! I told y’all how I like to outline the entire story in multiple levels of detail before I really get to writing a manuscript [Planning: The Importance of Outlining (for […]

via Start from the Middle: How One Single Idea Just Changed Everything — A Writer’s Path