#quotesforwriters

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The first act of writing is noticing.

W. H. Auden

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Remember, you will be someone's favorite author. . This thought is what motivates me to keep writing when the going gets tough. I hope that, one day, I will inspire someone the way that my favorite authors have inspired me. . 🗣 What inspires you? . #inspire #inspiration #quote #quotestoliveby #quotesforwriters #write #writer #writing #writers #writetip #writinglife #amwriting #life #personal #author

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“Naming the World” edited by Bret Anthony Johnston

“Being a writer is, in the fullest sense of the word, a vocation. It’s labor, to be sure, often very lonely and stilted and compromising labor, but it’s also more than that; it’s a calling, an act of courage, an act of faith.” p. xv

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One of the things we have to do as writers is evolve our strategies in ways that acknowledge, even incorporate, that which would silence us.

Camille T. Dungy - May/June 2019 edition of “Poets & Writers” magazine

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I believe that basically you write for two people; yourself to try to make it absolutely perfect; or if not that then wonderful. Then you write for who you love whether she can read or write or not and whether she is alive or dead.

Ernest Hemingway

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“78 Reasons Why Your Book May Never Be Published & 14 Reasons Why It Just Might” by Pat Walsh

“Just because you wrote something does not mean it is special. Just because you meant the words does not make them meaningful. Just because you like your characters does not mean anyone else will.” p. 17

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“Zen in the Art of Writing” by Ray Bradbury

“Find a character, like yourself, who will want something or not want something, with all [their] heart. Give [them] running orders. Shoot [them] off. Then follow as fast as you can go.” p. 6

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“Bird by Bird” by Anne Lamott

“Because for some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth.” p. 15