Posts tagged inspiration
“You are a writer.”
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Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Writers
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"Psyched to Write! - Overcoming the Transition Barrier"
We have all been told at some point in our lives that getting started is the most difficult part of any project. As writers, we know this to be the case. In his article, “Psyched To Write! – Overcoming The Transition Barrier,” author, teacher, and non-profit manager T. James Moore discusses transitions as they relate not only to the beginning of the writing process, but to all the steps that lead to a finished piece/work. He suggests ways to accept the existence of transitory phases and how to overcome the challenges they pose. For those of you whose worst enemy is the blank page: Read on!
If only there could be an invention that bottled up a memory, like scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again.
I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
Don’t stop. Don’t forget why. Don’t forget how it makes you feel.
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Writing a novel is not merely going on a shopping expedition across the border to an unreal land: it is hours and years spent in the factories, the streets, the cathedrals of the imagination.
In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
