Summer Friend: My Writing Today

My Writing Today

You know how some writing is just looking out a window? I did a lot of that kind of writing today.

5 comments:

Barbara O'Connor said...: OMG, I know that so well. Great description.; April 30, 2010 at 7:05 PM
Charles Gramlich said...: Been there, done that. Sometimes it is absolutely necessary.; May 1, 2010 at 9:58 AM
Kimbra Kasch said...: :) Love looking out the window; May 1, 2010 at 11:11 AM
Danette Haworth said...: I'm glad I'm not alone!; May 2, 2010 at 10:58 PM
Danette Haworth said...: To the very nice person who leaves encouraging comments:

Thank you for your kind words. I am sorry I have to delete your comments, but the links you leave in them are not appropriate for the children who might read my blog.

Thanks for understanding!; May 2, 2010 at 11:01 PM

Thoughts on Writing

"If the doctor told me I had six minutes to live, I'd type a little faster." --Isaac Asimov

"It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up, because by that time I was too famous." --Robert Benchley

"When writers meet, they are truculent, indifferent, or over-polite. Then comes the inevitable moment. A shows B that he has read something of B's. Will B show A? If not, then A hates B; if yes, then all is well." --Cyril Connolly

"Yes, it's hard to write, but it's harder not to." --Carl Van Doren

"Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead." --Gene Fowler

"I always write a good first line, but I have trouble writing the others." --MoliFre

"What no wife of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he's staring out of the window." --Burton Rascoe

"Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else." --Gloria Steinem

"I love being a writer; what I can't stand is the paperwork." --Peter De Vries

"This morning I took out a comma and this afternoon I put it back in again." --Oscar Wilde

"I will tell you a story." --Jesus (Matthew 21:28, CEV)