I have always known that one day I would take this path though yesterday I did not know it would be today. — Arriwara no Naribari (Japan, eleventh century) (p. vii) Understand that you can have in your writing no qualities which you do not honestly entertain in yourself. Understand that you cannot keep out … How do I write songs? Read Steve Kowitt’s In the Palm of Your Hand.
According to Ralph Keyes, if you aren’t scared to write, if you aren’t facing demons when you face the blank page (and some call this writer’s block), then you may be: kidding yourself writing banal, inane, trivial stuff not writing at all E.B. White worried over every word. Margaret Atwood said that you need a … The Courage to Write, by Ralph Keyes
Kids say the darndest things! Some amusing kid statements can be found in Richard Lederer’s book, Angished English, Dell Publishing, 1997, (Pages 3 – 10). Early Egyptian women often wore a garment called a calasiris. It was a sheer dress which started beneath the breasts which hung to the floor. Joan of Arc was burnt … Do you write friction or non-friction?