In this post, I will give three quotes from each of the following readings:
The Daily Writing Routines of Great Writers (Maria Popova), Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (Anne Lamott), and Zen in the Art of Writing (Ray Bradbury). Along with the quotes I will give three quotes about my writing process. The Daily Writing Routines of Great Writers: “I like the slowness of writing by hand. Then i type it up and scrawl all over that and keep on retyping it, each time making corrections both by hand and directly on the typewriter, until i don't see how to make it any better.” -Kurt Vonnegut (Maria Popova) “You write until you come to a place where you still have you juice and know what will happen next and you stop and try to live through until the next day when you hit it again.”- Kurt Vonnegut (Maria Popova) “I work in the morning at the manual typewriter. I do about four hours and then go running. This helps me shake off one word and enter another”-Kurt Vonnegut (Maria Popova) Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life: “Writing is about filling up, filling up when you are empty, letting images and ideas and smells run down like water-just as writing is also about dealing with emptiness.” -(Anne Lamott) “I know some very great writers, writers you love who write beautifully and have made a great deal of money, and not one of them sits down routinely feeling wildly enthusiastic and confident. Not one of them writes elegant first drafts.” -(Anne Lamott) “… there may be someone out there in the world-maybe a spouse, maybe a close friend-who will read your finished drafts and give you an honest critique, let you know what does and doesn't work, give you some suggestions on things you might take out or things on which you need to elaborate, ways in which to make you piece stronger” -(Anne Lamott) Zen in the Art of Writing: “In quickness is truth. The faster you blurt, the more swiftly you write, the more honest you are.” -(Ray Bradbury) “…I began to make lists of titles, to put down long lines of nouns. These lists were the provocations, finally, that caused my better stuff to surface.” -(Ray Bradbury) “You stumble into it, mostly. You don't know what you’re doing, and suddenly, its done. You don't set out to reform a certain kind of writing. It evolves out of your own life and night scares.” -(Ray Bradbury) This blog post was co-authorized by my class mates and I. My Writing Process: "When writing try to be at peace." "Think of the most interesting things you going to write about." "Try not to complete your best writing in one day because you may think of something better tomorrow".
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