writing

  1. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Writing is....

    Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel like I should be doing something else. Gloria Steinem
  2. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Writing without....

    "Writing without revising is the literary equivalent of waltzing gaily out of the house in your underwear." Patricia Fuller
  3. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Writing, to me....

    Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. Isaac Asimov
  4. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day I'm writing a....

    “I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shovelling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.” Shannon Hale
  5. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Writing is.....

    Writing is basically a job for people who like punching themselves in the face, I’m pretty sure. Warren Ellis
  6. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Writing is a....

    Writing is a job, a talent, but it’s also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon. Ann Patchett
  7. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day This (writing) is....

    'This (writing) is the love of your life. It's what I want to do when I wake up. Nothing feels so absorbing, so fulfilling.' Martin Amis
  8. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Writing is.....

    “Writing is about a blank piece of paper and leaving out what’s not supposed to be there.” John Prine
  9. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Writing is a....

    Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic fear which is inherent in a human situation. Graham Greene
  10. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Writing a novel is....

    ‘Writing a novel is a terrible experience during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I’m always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it’s very shocking to the system.’ Flannery O’Connor
  11. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day For me, writing is....

    For me, writing is exploration; and most of the time, I’m surprised where the journey takes me. Jack Dann
  12. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Vigorous writing is....

    “Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he...
  13. Katie-Ellen

    The real work happens behind the scenes

    Let loose and let rip. Writing is one thing. Publishing another. Performance anxiety is putting the cart before the horse.
  14. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Writing is....

    'Writing is a kind of revenge against circumstance too: bad luck, loss, pain. If you make something out of it, then you've no longer been bested by these events.' Louise Glück
  15. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day All good writing....

    “All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath, hoping what you're doing might end up everything you're hoping it to be once you reach the surface. Writing a short story, or a novel even, is basically like diving deep into the ocean and not coming up for air until you reach...
  16. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day When I'm writing....

    “When I'm writing, I make words my b*tch. But when I'm editing, the words make me their b*tch. It all equals out in the end.” Richard B. Knight
  17. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day All good writing....

    “All good writing leaves something unexpressed.” Christian Nestell Bove
  18. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day All writing is.....

    “All writing is a message in a bottle, cast into the sea in the forlorn hope of recognition and acceptance.” Stewart Stafford
  19. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day While writing is....

  20. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day I'm writing....

    "I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done." Steven Wright .
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