Daily Writing Quote http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996 jsights Sorry all, I forgot to post this yesterday, so you get a double header today. I'm going to post an inspirational writing quote every day during November. I do a first draft as passionaltely and as quickly as I can. I believe a story is valid only when it's immediate and passionate, when it dances out of your subconscious. If you interfere in any way, you destroy it. Let your characters have their way. Let your secret life be lived. -Ray Bradbury Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. -William Wordsworth Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:02:24 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_386027 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_386027 jsights Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. -E.L. Doctorow Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:05:55 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_427692 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_427692 jsights Shut up and write. -Natalie Goldberg (if you haven't read Writing Down the Bones, you really should. You know, in December. Not now. It's my favorite book on writing EVER.) Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:46:07 -0400 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_457608 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_457608 jsights You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. -Ray Bradbury Sun, 06 Nov 2011 12:41:31 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_524138 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_524138 jsights The coroner will find ink in my veins and blood on my typewriter keys. -C. Astrid Weber Sun, 06 Nov 2011 12:42:34 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_524168 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_524168 stefanie_bean I have one: “Stories…are like prayers. It does not matter when you begin, or when you end, only that you bend a knee and say the words.” — Catherynne M. Valente, from In the Night Garden Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:24:10 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_559574 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_559574 jsights I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die. -Isaac Asimov And this one is especially good for NaNo: "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." -Jack London Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:51:02 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_576025 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_576025 Mendou I may need to steal that Jack London quote for my email sig. Very motivational! (The fact that I can picture Jack London going out with a club and bashing in the brains of baby inspirations just makes it that much better......) Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:46:50 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_584837 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_584837 jsights If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always. I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you. -Henry Rollins If you ever have a chance to see this man's spoken word, you absolutely must. He is a huge inspiration to me, and really really smart (not what you'd expect from a former punk band member) and just seems to be a really great guy. I hope to someday meet him in person. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:36:13 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_595784 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_595784 jsights Writing is easy; all you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead. -Gene Fowlern Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear, which is inherent in a human condition. -Graham Greene Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:12:12 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_637204 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_637204 Merideth I got to see a live performance by Rollins once, he is a really interesting guy. Not at all what you'd think he was just by looking at him... :) Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:33:08 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_653361 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_653361 jsights You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write. -Saul Bellow Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:35:25 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_659494 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_659494 jsights You have to write whichever book it is that wants to be written. And then, if it's going to be too difficult for adults, you write it for children. -Madeleine L'Engle Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:54:29 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_678129 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_678129 jsights A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit. -Unknown Being an author is like being in charge of your own personal insance asylum. -Gracie Harmon Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:25:47 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_707162 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_707162 BetaWulf Love this one, especially considering the negative commentary of Young Adult books (the genre, rather than individual books) in the mainstream media lately. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:38:26 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_708397 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_708397 jsights I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately, it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp. -Somerset Maugham Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:57:17 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_729671 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_729671 jsights Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. -E.L. Doctorow Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:31:43 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_741110 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_741110 jsights I think this one is very appropriate for NaNo... You must learn to overcome your very natural and appropriate revulsion for your own work. -William Gibson Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:19:46 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_752425 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_752425 Merideth My step daughter recited the poem 'Word Builder' tonight at a school event and I immediatly thought about NaNo. As the poem is being used in a delightfully illustrated children's book (that we do not own a copy of... yet) I was not able to find the entire poem online anywhere... but... if you happen to be wandering around a bookstore swing by the children's section and check out this book for some nice inspiration: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Word-Builder-Ann-Whitford-Paul/dp/1416939814" rel="nofollow">Word Builder</a> Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:19:32 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_760888 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_760888 Lell You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it. -Neil Gaiman Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:42:34 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_789239 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_789239 jsights Yikes, I missed a few days, so you get a bunch today! Writing is 10% inspiration and 90% endeavor. It's a job and has to be approached as a job. Writers write; they don't wait for it to be fun. -Elizabeth George Many people hear voice when no one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls alld ay. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing. -Meg Chittenden Finish. The difference between being a writer and being a person of talent is the discipline it takes to apply the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair and finish. Don't talk about it. Do it. Finish. E.L. Konigsburg If only we could give ourselves permission to write "badly," so many of us would write very well indeed. -Julia Cameron Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:51:25 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_802802 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_802802 BetaWulf [quote=jsights] If only we could give ourselves permission to write "badly," so many of us would write very well indeed. -Julia Cameron [/quote] I must be a freaking GENIUS! I weep for anyone who discovers one of my first drafts and decides to actually read it. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:25:55 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_804546 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_804546 jsights Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes and having fun. -Mary Lou Cook Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:11:42 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_817692 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_817692 jsights The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn't behave that way you would never do anything. -John Irving Being a real writer means being able to do the work on a bad day. -Norman Mailer Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:41:57 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_838951 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=1#forum_thread_comment_838951 Lell The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny." – Isaac Asimov Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:50:39 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=2#forum_thread_comment_840717 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=2#forum_thread_comment_840717 jsights Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you're doomed. -Ray Bradbury Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:13:01 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=2#forum_thread_comment_854658 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=2#forum_thread_comment_854658 jsights Find the next word. Write it down. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. -Neil Gaiman If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. -Toni Morrison I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. -Douglas Adams Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:31:29 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=2#forum_thread_comment_883001 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=2#forum_thread_comment_883001 jsights The best thing about writing fiction is that moment where the story catches fire and comes to life on the page, and suddenly it all makes sense and you know what it's about and why you're doing it and what all these people are saying and doing, and you get to feel like both the creator and the audience. Everything is suddenly both obvious and supriising ("But of course that's why he was doing that, and that means that...") and it's magic and wonderful and strange. -Neil Gaiman Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:10:55 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=2#forum_thread_comment_898724 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/usa-missouri-st-louis/threads/19996?page=2#forum_thread_comment_898724