The Flying Writer

I'm the person in front of the classroom, learning from how you are teaching yourself to write.

[bethrevis]

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[bleedingstrawberry]

[teachingwriterstofly]

basically how i learned about love. #nineties

[bookgeekconfessions]

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”

Tom Bodett

Book Geek Quote #797

(via bookgeekconfessions)

[kushandwizdom]

[writingquotes-deactivated201509]

I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn’t paid for what she writes.

Joyce Maynard (via writingquotes)

[writingbox]

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can.

Terry Pratchett (via writingbox)

[robyn-larue]

Fears that Writers Face

Fears that Writers Face #writerslife #fear #amwriting

Writers are brave people. We hang our hearts out on the line every time we show our work to someone, whether it’s a family member, an agent, or a reader. Working with and rising above fear is the dividing line between writers who write and writers who plan to write.

Today we’ll look at some of the common fears writers face. Next week, we’ll look at the symptoms or the ways those fears present…

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[writingquotes-deactivated201509]

I don’t think screenplay writing is the same as writing — I mean, I think it’s blueprinting.

Robert Altman (via writingquotes)

[writerswritecompany]

[chinuplittlepup]

[ssweet-dispositionn]

THANK YOU

[teachingwriterstofly]

mentality of plenty.

[gr8writingtips]

writing tip #700:

your characters are like geodes

if you want to see what they’re really made of

you must break them

[oh-cap-my-cap-blog]

this is the best writing tip ive heard in ages

[maxkirin]

No story is automatically interesting; only the telling makes it so.

Elizabeth Gilbert (via fixyourwritinghabits)

[writerswritecompany]

Follow this link to read Nine Andrea Barrett Quotes

[observando]

This curious world we inhabit is more wonderful than convenient; more beautiful than it is useful; it is more to be admired and enjoyed than used.

Henry David Thoreau (via observando)

words of snowday wisdom

[theparisreview]

Yes, we know it’s cold. Please stop talking about it.

[agarthanguide]

Presented without comment.

EXCEPT to say- commonplacecaz.

[maxkirin]

The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.

Terry Pratchett (via maxkirin)