” Finish the book. Finish the book, regardless of how bad it is. You can make it better in a rewrite.”
— Joe Hill
Joe Hill, son of Stephen and Tabitha King, best writing advice his parents gave him, July/August 2013 Writers Digest Magazine.
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Tell about some childhood memory, write it as carelessly, recklessly, fast and sloppily as possible. Forget about writing ‘writing,’ and about trying to please the teacher, tell what you remember spontaneously, impulsively.
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“Dream, dream, dream it through. Write more with your body and less with your head. Don’t think a story through, don’t think it out. The danger in thinking it through is that most of us are not smart enough to do it that way. We have to go one moment at a time.”
— Andre Dubus III– Andre Dubus III, in the November 2013 issue of The Writer magazine.
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“Writing isn’t about the destination — writing is the journey that transforms the soul and gives meaning to all else.”
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“First thoughts have tremendous energy. It is the way the mind first flashes on something.”
— Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the BonesNat’s quote perfectly describes what a free write can do . . . opens us up to ideas and thoughts that lie within us. Try it. Go to the prompts category here and choose a prompt, then write . . . freely. Just Write!