Writing
Apr. 20, 2011
Why do writers like working in coffee shops?
Why would a bustling Starbucks be conducive to writing? It may be an antidote to procrastination.
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Apr. 3, 2011
Austin Kleon’s 10 Tips for Writers
Austin Kleon, of Newspaper Blackout, shares ten great tips for writers and other artists. (link)
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Mar. 29, 2011
What Creativity Means
Creativity is not about making something out of nothing. It is about making something new out of old things. To create, you must remix.
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Mar. 21, 2011
The Five Commandments
A few rules for a novelist (or any artist, presumably) struggling to get a new project started.
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Mar. 7, 2011
Reading vs. Writing
Sometimes I think a writer should make up his mind whether he’s going to be a writer or a reader. There isn’t time for both. — Jessamyn West (via The Paris Review). That is exactly how I feel: can’t read when I’m writing, can’t write when I’m reading.
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Feb. 11, 2011
Creating Billy Bathgate
E. L. Doctorow says that his character Billy Bathgate was *born in that first sentence, in the rhythm of it, in the syntax.* (quote)
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Feb. 7, 2011
What to Write
“Write about the thing that frightens you the most.”
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Jan. 23, 2011
Don’t Do It For Anyone Else
A letter from Keith Haring to an aspiring artist, circa 1987: *Whatever you do, the only secret is to believe in it and satisfy yourself. Don’t do it for anyone else.*
Tags: creativity · Keith Haring
Jan. 13, 2011
Malamud: “work in uncertainty”
A quote from Bernard Malamud: *Teach yourself to work in uncertainty…*
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