“The creative adult is the child who has survived.”—Ursula K. Le Guin
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Barbara Ann Yoder
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Writers & the Writing Life
Quote of the Week
“Well, it can be anything … a voice, an image … a deep moment of personal desperation. For instance, with Ragtime … I was facing the wall of my study … and so I started to write about the wall.”—E. L. Doctorow
Wise Words from Virginia Woolf
Ever wish you could hear Virginia Woolf speak in her own voice? Here’s your chance! She’s witty, wise, instructive, and downright funny.
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“I once came across the word ‘ululation.’ I thought ‘Ululation! I don’t know what this means.’ So I went to the dictionary and I looked it up, and it meant ‘uttering cries.’”—Eve Merriam
Quote of the Week
“To write fearlessly, you’re going to feel fear.”—Cheryl Strayed
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“By creating our own stories we learn to take the texts of our lives as seriously as we do ‘official’ narratives.”—Sue Austin
Cheryl Strayed on Radical Sincerity
Anyone who is in transition, facing grief, or writing about life experiences will find comfort and affirmation in this talk by Cheryl Strayed.
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“When I am in a GOOD rhythm and I have total freedom of time, my typical writing schedule is to wake up, do yoga or meditate, eat breakfast, and then WRITE!”—Elana Bell
Quote of the Week
“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”—Simone Weil
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