I suppose the more you have to do, the more you learn to organize and concentrate—or else get fragmented into bits. I have learned to use my ‘ten minutes’. I once thought it was not worth sitting down for a time as short as that; now I know differently and, if I have ten minutes,… Continue reading Untitled
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Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already I am. Thomas Mertonhttp://www.happiness-project.com
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I eventually picked JENNIFER’S PIANO by Ken Elkes because I felt it did everything flash fiction should do. The first line dropped me into the story with perfectly tuned immediacy, and by the end of the second line I knew so much more than the writer had told me. In fact, I’d say that there… Continue reading Untitled
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The Muse visits during the process of creation, not before. Roger Ebert
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Like many good short stories, it is poised between the novel form and poetry, fusing the strengths of each. Philip O’Ceallaigh, Judge, Fish Short Story Prize 2013
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I have low expectations for what I CAN’T control. I have high expectations for what I CAN control. Mike Duran http://www.novelrocket.com/2013/01/are-unrealistic-expectations-killing.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+NovelRocket+(Novel+Rocket)&m=1
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Don’t worry about what other people think. And work harder. You might not believe it right now, but persistence almost always trumps talent Dan Pink http://www.copyblogger.com/how-daniel-pink-writes/
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Creativity: Giving the world something it didn’t know it was missing. Dan Pink http://www.copyblogger.com/how-daniel-pink-writes/
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Q. Before you begin to write, do you have any pre-game rituals or practices? A. I look at my email to see if anything urgent needs my attention — which is always a mistake. Dan Pink http://www.copyblogger.com/how-daniel-pink-writes/
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To be driven by our appetites alone is slavery, while to obey a law that we have imposed on ourselves is freedom. Rousseau, The Social Contract