Reads tagged with “writing”

Magic Hours: Tom Bissell on the Secrets of Creators and Creation

“To create anything… is to believe, if only momentarily, you are capable of magic.”

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Advice on Advice from Literary Greats

Cultivating the wisdom to know when to ignore wisdom.

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Six Tips on Writing from John Steinbeck

On the value of unconscious association, or why the best advice is no advice.

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9 Books on Reading and Writing

Dancing with the absurdity of life, or what symbolism has to do with the osmosis of trash and treasure.

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Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 Tenets of Storytelling

“Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.”

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Jack Kerouac’s List of 30 Beliefs and Techniques for Writing and Life

“No fear or shame in the dignity of yr experience, language & knowledge.”

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10 Tips on Writing from David Ogilvy

“Good writing is not a natural gift. You have to learn to write well. Here are 10 hints.”

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Reads tagged with “writing”

“To create anything… is to believe, if only momentarily, you are capable of magic.”

Cultivating the wisdom to know when to ignore wisdom.

On the value of unconscious association, or why the best advice is no advice.

Dancing with the absurdity of life, or what symbolism has to do with the osmosis of trash and treasure.

“Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.”

“No fear or shame in the dignity of yr experience, language & knowledge.”

“Good writing is not a natural gift. You have to learn to write well. Here are 10 hints.”

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