The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
Big Magic: How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear
Elizabeth Gilbert • 2 highlights
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1) Write. There is no substitute. Write what you most passionately want to write, not blogs, posts, tweets or all the disposable bubblewrap in which modern life is cushioned. But start small: write a good sentence, then a good paragraph, and don’t be dreaming about writing the great American novel or what you’ll wear at the awards ceremony becaus
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The Writing Life - Annie Dillard
> One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book, or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal