Writing ... is an assertion of identity. – Ruth Whitman #whyiwrite #writingcommunity #authors tinyurl.com/bnxd24t5https:…

Two thousand words a day is very good going. - Evelyn Waugh #whyiwrite #writingcommunity #authors tinyurl.com/1gqr2g2r

[T]he serious writer must take serious vows...A vow of consistency, sticking with writing to the exclusion of other fields. – L.E. Sissman #whyiwrite #writingcommunity #authors tinyurl.com/a7mfstbthttps:…

A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life, and as such it must surely be a necessary commodity. – Penelope Fitzgerald #whyiwrite #writingcommunity #authors tinyurl.com/2ur2n8dmhttps:…

I try to write a certain amount each day, five days a week. A rule sometimes broken is better than no rule. – Herman Wouk #whyiwrite #writingcommunity #authors tinyurl.com/5a9drcuphttps:…

Belief and reader absorption come in the details: An overturned tricycle in the gutter of an abandoned neighborhood can stand for everything. – Stephen King #whyiwrite #writingcommunity #authors tinyurl.com/y47vc5fnhttps:…

Open your mind to new experiences, particularly to the study of other people. Nothing that happens to a writer – however happy, however tragic – is ever wasted. – PD James #whyiwrite #writingcommunity #authors tinyurl.com/2nnpv59yhttps:…

All you need is a room without any particular interruptions. – John Dos Passos #whyiwrite #writingcommunity #authors tinyurl.com/yv9y2w64https:…

I read for pleasure and that is the moment I learn the most. – Margaret Atwood #whyiwrite #writingcommunity #authors tinyurl.com/38fxme8hhttps:…

Famous writers often surrounded themselves with quiet if they had the financial means to do so. – Joy Lanzendorfer #whyiwrite #writingcommunity #authors tinyurl.com/9jsd3rj6

I always forget how important the empty days are, how important it may be sometimes not to expect to produce anything, even a few lines in a journal... – May Sarton #whyiwrite #writingcommunity #authors tinyurl.com/yvffvhn2https:…

With a stub pencil I whittled sharp with my teeth, I propped a Red Chief notebook on my knees and wrote my first words. From that moment, a hunger for poetry possessed me. – Jimmy Santiago Baca #whyiwrite #writingcommunity #authors tinyurl.com/3m3f6z2yhttps:…

I was writing before I could read. – Laura Lippman #whyiwrite #writingcommunity #authors tinyurl.com/mntwcj48https:…

Bad writing precedes good writing. - Janet Hulstrand #whyiwrite #writingcommunity #authors tinyurl.com/4e2n99vmhttps:…

To truly write well about people, issues and the world around you, get out into life. Roll around in it. Travel. Get dirty. Observe. Talk. Listen. Only then go back to your computer… – Julia Rappaport #whyiwrite #writingcommunity #authors tinyurl.com/4p89acc2https:…

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The mere habit of writing, of constantly keeping at it, of never giving up, ultimately teaches you how to write. - Gabriel Fielding #whyiwrite #writingcommunity #authors tinyurl.com/1qja5ztzhttp:/…

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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. - Leonardo da Vinci #whyiwrite #writingcommunity #authors tinyurl.com/1xa6e5s7https:…

Even when frustrated, I know my stories ALWAYS come--just in fragments and streams. THEN I revise fragment to form (or, fragments FROM form!) I'm a willing captive to words. Why do YOU write? #plath #amwriting #poetrymonth #poetrymonth2024 #whyIwrite #wellspringwritingco