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Bertolt Brecht Quote

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Posted on January 24, 2016 by maedez
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Bertolt Brecht Quote

Posted in Quotes, Reading | Tagged Bertolt Brecht, Bertolt Brecht Quotes, Books, Dead Writers, Quotes, Reading, Writers, Writing | 1 Reply

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Posted on December 28, 2015 by maedez
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“For once the disease of reading has laid upon the system it weakens so that it falls an easy prey to that other scourge which dwells in the ink pot and festers in the quill. The wretch takes to writing.”-Virginia Woolf, Orlando

Posted in Quotes, Reading | Tagged Books, Dead Writers, Fiction, Literature, Novels, Orlando, Quotes, Reading, Virginia Woolf, Writers, Writing | 2 Replies

Robert Louis Stevenson on Language

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Posted on December 2, 2015 by maedez
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“All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.”-Robert Louis Stevenson

Posted in Dead Writers, Language, Quotes | Tagged Books, Dead Writers, Language, Quotes, Reading, Robert Louis Stevenson, Writers, Writing | 1 Reply

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Posted on November 25, 2015 by maedez
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“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”-Stephen King

Posted in Quotes, Reading, Writers, Writing | Tagged Creativity, Inspiration, Quotes, Reading, Stephen King, Writers, Writers on Writing, Writing, Writing Advice | 2 Replies

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Posted on November 20, 2015 by maedez
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“A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.”-Edgar Allan Poe

What are your thoughts,  fellow short story writers?

 Is your philosophy at odds with Poe’s?

Let me know in the comments! 

Posted in Quotes, Short Story, Writing | Tagged Books, Creative Writing, Edgar Allan Poe, Fiction, Quotes, Reading, Short Stories, Writers, Writing | 10 Replies

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Posted on November 15, 2015 by maedez
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“Don’t you ever mind,” she asked suddenly, “not being rich enough to buy all the books you want?”-Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth

Posted in Books, Quotes | Tagged Books, Dead Writers, Edith Wharton, Fiction, Novels, Quotes, Reading, Writers, Writing | 4 Replies

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Posted on November 7, 2015 by maedez
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“A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.”-Henry Miller

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Marianne Moore…

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Posted on October 21, 2015 by maedez
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“I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of fabric is governed by gravity.”-Marianne Moore

Posted in Dead Writers, Poets, Quotes | Tagged Books, Dead Writers, Marianne Moore, Poetry, Poets, Quotes, Reading, Writers, Writing | 7 Replies

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Posted on October 7, 2015 by maedez
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Ted Hughes Quote

Ted Hughes Quote

Posted in Poets, Quotes, Writers, Writing | Tagged Books, Creativity, Dead Writers, Poets, Quotes, Reading, Ted Hughes, Writers, Writing | 1 Reply

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Posted on September 19, 2015 by maedez
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