Write! There's no other answer to being a writer
Write! There's no other answer to being a writer
H/T Teodora Petkova
Originally shared by Teodora Petkova
Shut Up and Write
Note to myself. Public :)
"Sit down and start. There's a T-shirt for equestrians that says (as so many instructors have said) "Shut up and RIDE." For writers, that T-shirt would be "Shut up and WRITE." Talking about writing isn't writing. Complaining that you can't write isn't writing. Reading books about writing isn't writing. Emails and posts to your blog or an online writers' support group don't count either. Sit down, plant your backside in the chair, pick up the pen or pencil or keyboard and actually write."
http://www.elizabethmoon.com/writing-publication.html
H/T Teodora Petkova
Originally shared by Teodora Petkova
Shut Up and Write
Note to myself. Public :)
"Sit down and start. There's a T-shirt for equestrians that says (as so many instructors have said) "Shut up and RIDE." For writers, that T-shirt would be "Shut up and WRITE." Talking about writing isn't writing. Complaining that you can't write isn't writing. Reading books about writing isn't writing. Emails and posts to your blog or an online writers' support group don't count either. Sit down, plant your backside in the chair, pick up the pen or pencil or keyboard and actually write."
http://www.elizabethmoon.com/writing-publication.html
Tade Sanya Pekdo
ReplyDeleteWay to go! I like your frank, yet hopeful way of writing.
ReplyDeleteYou have told me to dig in and get busy. The only real failure is doing nothing, which is a sure fail. I was able to join a supportive group that helped me see that I had failed to understand "story." I knew it from waaaay back, but finally I did do something about it, thanks to you and the circus and their constant: What? What is the point? I took their backhanded advice and looked harder at what I was doing. It worked. But, like you said, you have to take advice sometimes. I also can hardly wait to get into that link. Thanks for your article.