March 2012
27 posts
2 tags
“The eyes, specifically their movements, are indicative of an individual’s...”
–
Dr. Stephen T. Chang
“If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced there is, no one has...”
– John Steinbeck
Six Tips on Writing from John Steinbeck
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Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day, it helps. Then when it gets finished, you are always surprised.
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for not going on. It also...
Henry Miller’s 11 Commandments of Writing & Daily...
COMMANDMENTS
Work on one thing at a time until finished.
Start no more new books, add no more new material to ‘Black Spring.’
Don’t be nervous. Work calmly, joyously, recklessly on whatever is in hand.
Work according to Program and not according to mood. Stop at the appointed time!
When you can’tcreateyou canwork.
Cement a little every day, rather than add new fertilizers.
Keep human! See...
Jack Kerouac’s List of 30 Beliefs and Techniques... →
Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy
Submissive to everything, open, listening
Try never get drunk outside yr own house
Be in love with yr life
Something that you feel will find its own form
Be crazy dumbsaint of the mind
Blow as deep as you want to blow
Write what you want bottomless from bottom of the mind
The unspeakable visions of the individual
No...
February 2012
3 posts
January 2012
155 posts
“It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never...”
– T.S. Elliot
