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Fred Shaw tells the story: “Once I had the good fortune to talk with William Faulkner. “Tell me about your writing course,” he said. “Do your students want to write, or do they want to be writers?”” Do you want … Continue reading
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Are We Artists
Blocks are to writers as Unidentified Flying Objects are to other cranks. This is the quote I came across in one of my notebooks that I leaf through once in a while. In my notebook there’s no mention of the … Continue reading
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How Others Are Doing It
That’s the kind of thing writers always want to know. What other writers are doing. Do they have a writing habit? When do they write? How do they write? Tom Wolfe set himself a quota, ten pages a day, triple-spaced, … Continue reading
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I Was Afraid Of It
“One of the problems which will probably haunt me more than any other is the problem of communication between two people. The fact that complete communication is completely impossible between two people, is to me one of the biggest tragic … Continue reading
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The Anxiety Of Writing
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. Clarke Don’t you love technology? We are a lucky generation of writers. We have tools that make writing and editing an easy task to do. And then we have tools, … Continue reading
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The Right Word And The Almost Right Word
“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” Mark Twain The other day while I was writing my daughter came into my room. She asked if I was busy, and … Continue reading
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Wonders Of Evolution
“Raid a stationery store. There are innumerable pencils on the market, of all grades of softness and several colors. Try them all; you may find the ideal pencil for your purposes. A medium-soft lead is best for most writers: the … Continue reading
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A Far-Seeing Place
“My name is Stephen King. I’m writing the first draft of this part at my desk. There are things on my mind. Some are worries, some are good things, but right now all that stuff is up top. I’m in … Continue reading
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Are You A Horizontal Or Vertical Writer?
No era has been more technologically advanced than the one we live in and yet to this day there are writers whose first drafts are never created with the use of digital aids. For me there’s something magical about using … Continue reading
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Excuse Me?
“Great is the art of beginning, but greater the art of ending.” Longfellow When I first wrote my book, The Lost I, based on my personal experiences of civil war, one of my friends said: “You know, I could write … Continue reading
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