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“For me teaching has provided community and livelihood and the satisfaction of passing along what I've learned to others.”

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Alison Hawthorne Deming

Alison Hawthorne Deming is an accomplished American poet, born in 1946. Her poetry is characterized by its focus on natural themes and local history, and has garnered widespread acclaim from readers. more

“In the short stories - if I can make a very lumpy contrast - in the short stories I feel like the lives of the people have a kind of prior desperation and a prior need and my longing is for the story and their lives to somehow come together, even if not finally or forever, to face something; and it felt like a lot of the time with the essays I was wading into situations where there was an assumption of finality of understanding, and I felt like I could wade into any understood moment and tear it apart and make it fall apart.”

“Embrace the melancholic voice completely in the drafting stages, to explore it for all it's worth. Then, in revision, privilege craft over pure feeling. Write the work that someone besides you will want to read.”

Want Writing Feelings Voice Stage Pure Embrace Privilege Crafts Revision Drafting

Author:David Starkey

“If you really want people to pay attention to how you feel, you need to express your feelings in language that's worth reading.”

People Ifs Want Needs Feels Feelings Reading Language Pay Attention Pay Attention How You Feel Worth Reading

Author:David Starkey

“I admire writers who have the tenacity to write a blog, and I'm told by everyone that it's an important element in remaining visible in the online world. That said, I'm personally turned off by writers' blogs that do nothing but sing their own accomplishments.”

World Writing Said Important Elements Admire Accomplishment Visible Online Blogs Tenacity Turned Off

Author:David Starkey

“I think it's probably true that creative people are touched by melancholy more than the average person, and to the extent that delving into that shadow world produces good work, I'm all for it. But I think you have to be able to step back from the work, and say, "Look how miserable I felt. Look how beautifully I wrote about it. Now I'm going to get an iced coffee and chat with a friend." Writing should be a way out of despair.”

“One needs to be on guard against expecting external powers to decide when you can take yourself seriously as an artist. It can be a long wait - and lead to endless appetite.”

Needs Long Artist Waiting Endless Appetite Expecting Long Wait

Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming

“Once a piece of writing gets to a moment where it's not going to get much better than it already is, marinate it. If you still like the piece, send it out and see what others think. If not, it's time to put it away and forget about it for a while.”

Ifs Thinking Writing Stills Moments Forget Pieces

Author:David Starkey

“Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.”

Tears Guilt Stains

Author:Saint Augustine

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