October 2011
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If you truly love a book, you should sleep with it, write in it, read aloud from...
– Anne Fadiman (via themermaidfiles)
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One should always be drunk. That’s all that matters… But with what? With wine,...
– Charles Baudelaire (via decrepito)
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I’ve always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his insides out, give the...
– Henry Rollins (via themermaidfiles)
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…We can tell our children that school is important until we’re blue in the face,...
– Why I’m raising my son to be a nerd - CNN.com (via themermaidfiles)
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681 Clichés to Avoid in Your Creative Writing →
starstealing:
Clichés are words and phrases, once interesting, which have lost their original effect from overuse. They are considered trite and should be avoided in writing unless used purposely for effect.
We all use them without thinking, sometimes because they fit the bill or are just the ticket (both cliches), but usually because they’re metaphors, idiom, or truisms that have become so...
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People think dreams aren’t real just because they aren’t made of matter, of...
– Neil Gaiman (via themermaidfiles)
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Fifteen Ways to Write a Novel (Max Barry) →
writerleopardadvice:
I don’t know if this has been submitted yet, but I found it helpful. Also topic with NaNoWriMo coming up.
(Via primarysourcebook)
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The next time you find yourself in a group of people, stop and think to...
– Lemony Snicket, in a NaNoWriMo pep talk. (via themermaidfiles)
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So many people are shut up tight inside themselves like boxes, yet they would...
– Sylvia Plath (via themermaidfiles)
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First, find out what your hero wants. Then just follow him.
– Ray Bradbury (via themermaidfiles)
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For me, writing a novel is like having a dream. Writing a novel lets me...
– Haruki Murakami (via themermaidfiles)
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My favorite stuff to work on is the stuff after the stuff I’m working on now.
– Roboworks @ DA (via bigbigtruck)
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