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advicetowriters Jon Winokur

Memoir is not an act of history but an act of memory, which is innately corrupt. MARY KARR #memoir #writing

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A word is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just begins to live that day. EMILY DICKINSON #literature #writing

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Writing is a socially acceptable form of getting naked in public. PAULO COELHO #writing

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Step off assuredly into the blank of your mind. Something will come to you. RICHARD WILBUR #writing #writetip

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If . . . I myself can understand what I’ve written, I feel the day hasn’t been totally wasted. S.J. PERELMAN #writing

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Write a page a day. It will add up. HERMAN WOUK #amwriting #writing #writetip

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I wouldn’t want to live with a novelist. Writers are highly voyeuristic and indiscreet. PHILIP ROTH #fiction #writing

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Never put off writing until you are better at it. GARY HENDERSON #amwriting #writing #writetip

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I can't stand a sentence until it sounds right. JOHN McPHEE #amwriting #writing

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Things are beautiful if you love them. JEAN ANOUILH #writing #writetip

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