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Like driving a car…

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E. L. Doctorow

Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

—E. L. Doctorow

Posted on February 18, 2021February 15, 2021Categories Reflections, WritingTags Writing, writing lifeLeave a comment on Like driving a car…

Like driving a car…

Photo of E. L. Doctorow
E. L. Doctorow

Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

—E. L. Doctorow

Posted on January 27, 2021January 26, 2021Categories Reflections, WritingTags Writing, writing lifeLeave a comment on Like driving a car…

Your Life… Your Story

Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett

If you don’t turn your life into a story, you just become part of someone else’s story.

– Terry Pratchett

Posted on January 22, 2021January 17, 2021Categories Reflections, WritingTags Writing, writing lifeLeave a comment on Your Life… Your Story

First Draft

Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett

The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.

– Terry Pratchett

John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck

Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down.

—John Steinbeck

Posted on December 20, 2020December 13, 2020Categories Reflections, WritingTags Writing, writing lifeLeave a comment on First Draft

Like driving a car…

Photo of E. L. Doctorow
E. L. Doctorow

Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

—E. L. Doctorow

Posted on November 5, 2020November 1, 2020Categories Reflections, WritingTags Writing, writing lifeLeave a comment on Like driving a car…

Your Life… Your Story

Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett

If you don’t turn your life into a story, you just become part of someone else’s story.

– Terry Pratchett

Posted on October 9, 2020October 3, 2020Categories Reflections, WritingTags Writing, writing lifeLeave a comment on Your Life… Your Story

First Draft

Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett

The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.

– Terry Pratchett

John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck

Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down.

—John Steinbeck

Posted on September 19, 2020September 12, 2020Categories Reflections, WritingTags Writing, writing lifeLeave a comment on First Draft

Writer’s Life – Day 19488

Format ImagePosted on August 7, 2020August 3, 2020Categories HumorTags Humor, writers block, writing lifeLeave a comment on Writer’s Life – Day 19488

Writer’s Life – Day #19486

Format ImagePosted on August 5, 2020August 3, 2020Categories HumorTags Humor, kids, Writing, writing lifeLeave a comment on Writer’s Life – Day #19486

Writing crime thrillers…

… at breakfast time.

Writers can be pretty intense. It’s the kind of thing that can happen when you spend too much time bottled up inside your own head.

Posted on July 29, 2020July 29, 2020Categories Crime thrillers, Humor, ReflectionsTags Crime thrillers, Humor, writers, writing lifeLeave a comment on Writing crime thrillers…
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