“To decide to reach for this blue and not that one, to switch styles or subject matter, to move, in the middle of a sentence, in one direction or another, to commit to this book when that one is also calling, are the sorts of choices that artists must make if they are to function.” IfsBookMatterMovingArtistChoicesMiddleSubjectsStyleCallingFunctionBlueSentencesCommitSubject MatterOne Direction Book:Making Your Creative Mark: Nine Keys to Achieving Your Artistic Goals Source: Making Your Creative Mark: Nine Keys to Achieving Your Artistic Goals
“I like to edit my sentences as I write them. I rearrange a sentence many times before moving on to the next one. For me, that editing process feels like a form of play, like a puzzle that needs solving, and it's one of the most satisfying parts of writing.” NeedsFeelsWritingPlayMovingFormNextProcessSentencesSatisfyingEditingPuzzlesEditsThe Next OneOne For Me Author:Karen Thompson Walker
“Writing on a computer feels like a recipe for writer's block. I can type so fast that I run out of thoughts, and then I sit there and look at the words on the screen, and move them around, and never get anywhere. Whereas in a notebook I just keep plodding along, slowly, accumulating sentences, sometimes even surprising myself.” FeelsWritingLooksI CanSometimesRunningMovingTypeComputerSentencesScreensBlockSurprisingRecipesNotebookWriter's Block Author:Chad Harbach
“One thing I'd do was put a great writer's book beside the typewriter and... type out a beautiful and moving paragraph... and see those sentences rising up... and... think, 'Someday maybe I can write like that....' It was like a dream of possibilities for my own self. And maybe I began to know that there was no other way for the sentence... to... arouse the same feeling. The someone writing whose words were rising from the typewriter became like a mentor for me.... You shouldn't do it more than a few times because you must get on with your own work.” ThinkingKnowsWayWritingI CanBookSelfFeelingsDreamBeautifulMovingMy OwnOne ThingPossibilityTypeSentencesRisingSomedayMentorParagraphTypewritersGreat WritersRising Up Author:Gina Berriault