Ralph Keyes Quotes
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I think that simply nudging yourself into unfamiliar settings - physical or emotional - can produce surprising results on the writing front.
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...wrote Lawrence Block. "Someone once told me that fear and courage are like lightning and thunder; they both start out at the same time, but the fear travels faster and arrives sooner. If we just wait a moment, the requisite courage will be along shortly." (quoted from Write for Your Live by Lawrence Block)
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Fear is felt by writers at every level. Anxiety accompanies the first word they put on paper and the last.
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Anxiety is not only an inevitable part of the writing process but a necessary part. If you’re not scared, you’re not writing.
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Serious writers write, inspired or not. Over time they discover that routine is a better friend than inspiration.
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Be as creative in your tactics as you are in your writing. Find what gets your engine going, no matter how peculiar it may seem to others.
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One thing I like about writing is that it provides such a wonderful opportunity for confidential chats with readers. In the privacy of writing, and reading, we can discuss topics that are a little touchy, a bit embarrassing, and feel less alone in the process. Feeling consumed by memories from high school. Feeling wimpy. Feeling time-obsessed. Yearning for our fathers. Wishing we were taller, or shorter, or less average. To name just a few.
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I'm tempted to say that the top three reasons for hopelessness are rejection, rejection, rejection. But let's cast our net wider. 1) Not being able to write as well as we hoped we could. 2) Not being able to write at all. 3) Rejection.
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Willa Cather said that she write best when she stopped trying to write and began simply to remember.
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Writing can be wonderful therapy, and cheap at the price. At the very least, you eventually get bored by thinking about anxious topics and move on.
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