Neil Gaiman on writing

Neil Gaimon

 “The secret to writing is just to write. Write every day. Never stop writing. Write on every surface you see; write on people on the street. When the cops come to arrest you, write on the cops. Write on the police car. Write on the judge. I’m in jail forever now, and the prison cell walls are completely covered with my writing, and I keep writing on the writing I wrote. That’s my method.”




 Gaimon and five other writers will help you lighten up and make your writing a joy.
Clickhole: http://www.clickhole.com/article/6-worlds-greatest-writers-explain-how-they-deal-wr-2748

Still writing?

Dani Shapiro, author of Still Writing on writing:

"I write in order to discover what I don’t yet know. To peel back the layers and see what has been previously hidden from view. I don’t choose the form this discovery takes. When I have tried to force the form, it turns around and bites me. And so I have learned to pay attention to what the work itself wants to be. If we’re quiet, the work announces itself. When it makes itself known, we had best pay attention."

Above excerpt from her Facebook post 7/11/15.
We all know how it feels to have dozens of writing ideas floating above our pen, or on our screen.
Read the full post if this feels familiar to you, as it does to me. http://danishapiro.com/on-inquiry/

Helen Gallagher