Category: A Week of Writing
A Week of Writing: 3/8/21 to 3/14/21
Last week was equal parts productive and frustrating. Let me break it down for you. Words to Write By This week’s quote comes from Truman Capote. “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” -Truman Capote I like this quote, though of late… Continue Reading “A Week of Writing: 3/8/21 to 3/14/21”
Weeks of Writing: 2/22/21 to 3/7/21
A couple more weeks of writing come and gone. Check it out. Words to Write By This week’s quote comes from Joseph Heller. “Every writer I know has trouble writing.” ~ Joseph Heller I feel this one in my soul. Writing is rarely easy… Continue Reading “Weeks of Writing: 2/22/21 to 3/7/21”
A Week of Writing: 2/15/21 to 2/21/21
Another week of writing, submitting, revising, the works. Words to Write By This week we return to the bottomless well of writerly wisdom that is Elmore Leonard. “All the information you need can be given in dialogue.” ― Elmore Leonard If you’re not particularly adept… Continue Reading “A Week of Writing: 2/15/21 to 2/21/21”
A Week of Writing: 2/8/21 to 2/14/21
A little late, but here’s one more week of authorly activities. Words to Write By This week it’s one of my favorite Hemingway quotes. “We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.” ~ Ernest Hemingway I don’t think… Continue Reading “A Week of Writing: 2/8/21 to 2/14/21”
Weeks of Writing: 1/25/21 to 2/7/21
Missed a week, but I’m back with a double dose of writerly doings. Words to Write By This week’s quote comes from author Joyce Carol Oates. “The first sentence can’t be written until the final sentence is written.” —Joyce Carol Oates I think I… Continue Reading “Weeks of Writing: 1/25/21 to 2/7/21”
A Week of Writing: 1/18/21 to 1/24/21
Another week of writing come and gone. Have a look. Words to Write By This week’s quote comes from author Jane Yolen. “Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal… Continue Reading “A Week of Writing: 1/18/21 to 1/24/21”
A Week of Writing: 1/11/21 to 1/17/21
Another week of writing in the books. Have a look. Words to Write By This week, we’re going back a couple hundred years for a great quote from Jane Austen. “I am not at all in a humor for writing; I must write on… Continue Reading “A Week of Writing: 1/11/21 to 1/17/21”
Weeks of Writing: 1/1/21 to 1/10/21
Here’s my writing report card for the first week and change of the new year. Let’s take a look. Words to Write By I really like this quote from novelist and playwright William Somerset Maugham, “There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately,… Continue Reading “Weeks of Writing: 1/1/21 to 1/10/21”
A Week of Writing: 12/14/20 to 12/20/20
One more week of writerly endeavors. Here’s how I did. Words to Write By Here’s a great quote from novelist Nora Roberts “[As a writer] you have to have the three D’s: drive, discipline and desire. If you’re missing any one of those three,… Continue Reading “A Week of Writing: 12/14/20 to 12/20/20”
A Week of Writing: 12/7/20 to 12/13/20
Another week down. Here’s how I did. Words to Write By Here’s a classic quote from William Faulkner. “In writing, you must kill all your darlings.” ― William Faulkner We’ve all heard this one before, and it’s been repeated by a lot of authors. What… Continue Reading “A Week of Writing: 12/7/20 to 12/13/20”
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