Writing life, Writing quotes

$10 Words

This week's writing quote, courtesy of Ernest Hemingway: Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use. My first attempt at writing fiction… Continue reading $10 Words

Writing life, Writing quotes

Writing Dreams

Here's my writing quote "find" of the week: A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream. (Gaston Bachelard) Kind of makes you want to dream, write and watch a bud change to a… Continue reading Writing Dreams