The writing process is not just putting down one page after another-it’s a lot of writing and then rewriting, restructuring the story, changing the way things come together.
poems
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ A Writer’s Muscles
The muscles of writing are not so visible, but they are just as powerful: determination, attention, curiosity, a passionate heart. ~ Natalie Goldberg
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Dream a Lot
In the writing process, the more the story cooks, the better. The brain works for you even when you are at rest. I find dreams particularly useful. I myself think a great deal before I go to sleep and the details sometimes unfold in the dream. ~ Doris Lessing
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Keep Learning the Craft
We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.
~ Ernest Hemingway
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Tell The Story
“Tell the story that’s been growing in your heart, the characters you can’t keep out of your head, the tale story that speaks to you, that pops into your head during your daily commute, that wakes you up in the morning.” ―
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Never Quit, Never Give Up
A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit. ~ Richard Bach
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Creative People
“When I think of the wisest people I know, they share one defining trait: curiosity. They turn away from the minutiae of their lives-and focus on the world around them. They are motivated by the desire to explore the unfamiliar. They are drawn toward what they don’t understand.” ―
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Ignore Those Who Don’t Believe in You
“Ignore people who say you can’t do it, even if this person is yourself.” ―
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Making Time
“If you don’t make time for writing, writing won’t make time for you.” ―
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Layers to a Story
“A story isn’t a charcoal sketch, where every stroke lies on the surface to be seen. It’s an oil painting, filled with layers that the author must uncover so carefully to show its beauty.” ―
