The document contains several quotes from famous writers about writing and the writing process. It emphasizes that writing takes practice, one should write even when uninspired, and the goal should be focusing on creativity and self-expression rather than rules or publication. Imagination and memory are important tools. Good writing evokes feelings rather than just facts.

2. is a way of life

3. By writing MUCH,

4. By writing MUCH,
One learns
to write

5. By writing MUCH,
One learns
to write
WELL

6. By writing MUCH,
One learns
to write
WELL
-Robert Southey

7. Write even when you don’t want to,

8. Write even when you don’t want to,
don’t much like what you
are writing,

9. Write even when you don’t want to,
don’t much like what you
are writing,
and aren’t writing
particularly well.

10. Write even when you don’t want to,
don’t much like what you
are writing,
and aren’t writing
particularly well.
-Agatha Christie

11. Appealing workplaces are to be avoided.

12. Appealing workplaces are to be avoided.
One wants a room with no view,

13. Appealing workplaces are to be avoided.
One wants a room with no view,
so imagination can
meet memory in the

14. Appealing workplaces are to be avoided.
One wants a room with no view,
so imagination can
meet memory in the
DARK

15. Appealing workplaces are to be avoided.
One wants a room with no view,
so imagination can
meet memory in the
DARK
-Annie Dillard

16. There are two kinds of writers:

17. There are two kinds of writers:
Those that make you think

18. There are two kinds of writers:
Those that make you think
Those that make you…

19. There are two kinds of writers:
Those that make you think
Those that make you…
wonder

20. There are two kinds of writers:
Those that make you think
Those that make you…
wonder
-Brian Aldiss

21. You can fix anything but a…

22. You can fix anything but a…
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23. You can fix anything but a…
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-Nora Roberts

24. Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation
in the reader--

25. Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation
in the reader--
not the fact that it is raining,

26. Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation
in the reader--
not the fact that it is raining,
but the feeling of being rained upon.

27. Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation
in the reader--
not the fact that it is raining,
but the feeling of being rained upon.
-E.L. Doctorow

28. Don’t tell me the moon
is shining;

29. Don’t tell me the moon
is shining;
Show me the glint of light
on broken glass.

30. Don’t tell me the moon
is shining;
Show me the glint of light
on broken glass.
-Anton Chekhov

31. To me, the greatest pleasure of writing
is not what it’s about,

32. To me, the greatest pleasure of writing
is not what it’s about,
but the inner music that words make.

33. To me, the greatest pleasure of writing
is not what it’s about,
but the inner music that words make.
-Truman Capote

34. If you read good books,

35. If you read good books,
when you write,

36. If you read good books,
when you write,
good books will come out of you.

37. If you read good books,
when you write,
good books will come out of you.
-Natalie Goldberg

38. One writes to make a home for oneself,

39. One writes to make a home for oneself,
on PAPER

40. One writes to make a home for oneself,
on PAPER
in TIME

41. One writes to make a home for oneself,
on PAPER
In OTHER’S MINDS
in TIME

42. One writes to make a home for oneself,
on PAPER
In OTHER’S MINDS
in TIME -Alfred Kazin

43. All our words are
but crumbs

44. All our words are
but crumbs,
that fall down from the
feast of the mind.

45. All our words are
but crumbs,
that fall down from the
feast of the mind.
-Kahlil Gibran

46. Forget all the rules.

47. Forget all the rules.
Forget about being published.

48. Forget all the rules.
Forget about being published.
Write for yourself and

49. Forget all the rules.
Forget about being published.
Write for yourself and
Celebrate
Writing

50. Forget all the rules.
Forget about being published.
Write for yourself and
Celebrate
Writing
-Melinda Haynes

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