Tag Archives: Writing
A Mystery
Watching a mysterious mystery which in turn is a total mystery to figure out as its a complete and ultimate mystery to seek answers to the mystery of all mysteries
A Pondering Moment
Write using the right words and then it will look and read right.
Practice will never make you perfect. Why should it? What fun would that be? ~ Stephen King
On Writing
writing a post even a so-called simple one is not as easy as it seems
Always read with a pen in your hands,… ~ Tim Parks
“Always read with a pen in your hands, not beside you on the table, but actually in your hand, ready, armed … Put a question mark by everything you find suspect. Underline anything you really appreciate. Feel free to write ‘splendid,’ but also, ‘I don’t believe a word of it.’ And even ‘bullshit.’” ~ Tim …
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“Why don’t you write books people can read?”
“Why don’t you write books people can read?” – Nora Joyce to her husband James (1882-1941)
Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted. ~ Jules Renard
It is perfectly okay to write garbage—as long as you edit brilliantly. ~ C. J. Cherryh
Carolyn Janice Cherry Pen Name: C. J. Cherryr, American writer of speculative fiction.
The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think. ~ Edwin Schlossberg
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure. ~ Samuel Johnson
Source note: Johnsonian Misellanies (1966 edition)
Why do writers write? Because it isn’t there. ~ Thomas Berger
Television has raised writing to a new low. ~ Samuel Goldwyn
Write a wise saying and your name will live forever. ~ Anonymous
The Mind Of A Writer ~ Robert De Niro
“The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic, self-loathing, and soul-crushing inadequacy. And that’s on a good day.” ~ Robert De Niro
Writing Slowly With Revisions ~ Jack Kerouac
“I spent my entire youth writing slowly with revisions and endless rehashing speculation and deleting and got so I was writing one sentence a day and the sentence had no FEELING. Goddamn it, FEELING is what I like in art, not CRAFTINESS and the hiding of feelings.” ~ Jack Kerouac
On Writing ~ E. L. Doctorow
One Sentence Fiction
He’s known as the ‘why’ man, for he is always asking the why of everything.
Six Word Story
A head filled with scatterbrain ideas.
Reading Quote: Maya Angelou
Easy reading is damn hard writing. But if it’s right, it’s easy. It’s the other way around, too. If it’s slovenly written, then it’s hard to read. It doesn’t give the reader what the careful writer can give the reader. -Maya Angelou
Franz Kafka Quotation: Darkness
I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness. ~Franz Kafka
One Sentence Fiction
She’s savoring the all around beauty, of the numerous wild flowers.
One Sentence Fiction
She lives in a household full of mad, whacked-out people.
Six Word Story
Living the life of a nomad.
Six Word Story
Her Sunday breakfast special, soupy pancakes.
William Faulkner Quote
“Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.” – William Faulkner
Six Word Story
The daily daydreamers bus has arrived.
Life Worth Living
“Put down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed ink.” – Jack Kerouac
Two Things
One Sentence Fiction
Willie and Wilma are at the kitchen table, drinking day-old brewed coffee, and both are wondering why it tastes like shit.
One Sentence Fiction
She’s basking in the fake sun, reading fake news, and working on her fake tan.
Short Fiction
Delusional thoughts, warped ideas, a mind full of fabrications and he believes, that whatever he says is the truth, when he damn well knows they are lies, bullshit, etc., etc….
Short Story
She knew the weather is bad, but she was determined to venture out to the bodega, to get milk, as she had none left. Bundled up, she encountered white out conditions, and soon enough, she got disoriented, and didn’t know where she was. The next morning her son woke up, and his mother was not …
Stephen King Quote
One Sentence Fiction
Agnes, the goddess of children’s story telling.
Believe
One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up. -Arthur Koestler
Short Story
he awoke around 2:00 am and he couldn’t get back to sleep he decided to thrown on some clothes and take a walk the air was warm and it made him feel good ambling on down the street he sees two women in black heels totally naked standing at the corner as he approached they …
Quick Fiction
Sam was in his glory, as the woman behind the counter, gave him a bag of day old muffins and doughnuts. She also filled his thermos with fresh brewed coffee. Sam is homeless, and has no job. He forages in the dumpsters for returnable cans and bottles, which keeps him busy. Now he is thankful …
Everything In Life Is Writable
And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. -Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
Short Story
She said, your hearing me, but not listening. He said, oh.
Quick Fiction
He never does what the play book says to do. Just wings it, and hopes for the best out come.
Writing
You can make anything by writing. -C.S. Lewis
I Write Differently …. – Franz Kafka
100 Word Story
He: Did he do it? She: What did he do? He: I’m asking you, did he do it? She: What did he do? He: You know what he did. She: I have know idea what you are talking about. He: I think you do. She: You think, but you don’t know for sure. He; Well, …
Telling Stories
Everybody has a story to tell Whether its fiction or reality interesting humorous or boring we should all give it a listen as we may learn something new and it might give the teller a stronger voice Yes we all are story tellers
Deadline ~ A 100 Word Story
The reporter for the local newspaper, fueled with excessive amounts of caffeine, is typing away like a mad man. His editor loves his work, even though he his in his own world, no one dares to tell him to slow down. The reason is, that a colleague told him to take a break, and that …
Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ Writing
The maker of a sentence launches out into the infinite and builds a road into Chaos and old Night, and is followed by those who hear him with something of wild, creative delight. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Writing
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. ~Francis Bacon
Jack Kerouac On Writing
Born: March 12, 1922 – Died: October 21, 1969 AZQuotes.com
One Sentence Fiction #14
She sleeps soundly on a mattress filled with stiff straw.
Jack Lemmon On Writing
Born: February 8, 1925 – Died: June 27, 2001 AZQuotes.com
Robert De Niro On Writers
Born: August 17, 1943 AZQuotes.com
Short Story
He said, “Oh shit.” Â She told him to watch his mouth. So for the rest of the day, he looked into the hand held mirror, never to put it down.
100 Word Story
Standing under the spreading maple tree, he is fretting, and mumbling, as what he will say, to his long lost daughter. It’s been at least 10 plus years, that they had any contact. She finally showed up, and it was an awkward feeling. A few minutes passed by, and the angst he was feeling was …
Quick Fiction
By day, he lives the life of a monk. In the evening, a con artist, is his vocation.
Story Story
The young couple, love dancing in the rain.
Edgar Allan Poe
Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty of words. Edgar Allan Poe
100 Word Story
Joel would do anything, to see his long, lost love. He would walk bare foot on hot coals, a bed of nails or a flooded street. She meant so much to him, but he could not understand why she refused to see him. He would give it one more try and talk to her and …
Publishing Is A Business – Nicholas Sparks
Short Story
On almost any given night, the insomniacs congregate at the mid-town diner, with cups of coffee to discuss the different reasons, of the whys they cannot sleep.
Six Word Story
Preaching to the choir for harmony.
Short Story
The green look on his face says, he had something to eat, that certainly did not agree with him. Hello bathroom.
Ray Bradbury On Writing
AZ Quotes
Six Word Story
Moaning and groaning is his calling.
Allen Ginsberg On Poetry
Wordables
Six Word Story
His boat doesn’t sail on water.
Don Roff On Writer’s Block
Wordables
Six Word Story
Snake oil salesmen, awash in Washington.
Fustian
Wordables
Short Story
She has a bad habit of mincing words, and she will never change. Its in her DNA.
Annie Dillard On Writing
Wordables
Short Story
The look of love is showing in her eyes, while lust was in his heart. They hit it off.
Six Word Story
Whenever proven wrong, he won’t apologize.
Euphuistic
Wordables
Kurt Vonnegut On Writers Block
Wordables
Adoxography
Wordables
Quick Fiction
Write, write, write she says. Right he says, as you are right for telling me to write the right stuff.
Ernest Hemingway On Writing
Wordables
Scripturient
Wordables
Neil Gaiman Quote
Wordables
50 Word Story
Stuck in traffic Late for dinner Finally arrive Significant other is pissed off Try to explain why you are late She didn’t buy it The meal didn’t go down to well Finally arrive at home End up sleeping on the couch and needless to say you made her shit list
Short Fiction
Spotted Jack Kerouac and a few of his beat friends, discussing how life could be beautiful. Thought I would and give a listen to their back and forth ideas, and believe me, it was all good. It seems the flow of their words was all encompassing, never shouting, smiles all around. When they are done, …
Am I A Poet
I have been told be a few followers of my blog, and mention they like my poems. When I was a boy of school age, I detested poetry, hated reading and listening to it. Back in the 1990s, I bought an Edgar Allan Poe book with all of his poems, and short stories. A friend …
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are
Source: There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are
In good writing, words become one with things. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“In good writing, words become one with things.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson Source: In good writing, words become one with things.
Internet
A good comparison.
Paul Theroux On Writing
Chinese Proverb
Never write a letter while you are angry. – Chinese Proverb
Writing Quote
Learning
Socrates Quote
“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writing so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.” -Socrates
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Sayings, Adages and Phrases
I love some of the sayings, adages and phrases, that people in all walks of use to say and still say. Some of you may remember or heard of some, or most of them. Snug as a bug in a rug. Don’t let the bed bugs bite you. The bees knees. The cat’s meow. Knockers …
What Irks Me
You know what irks me? When I write a post, and it has a misspelled word, but don’t see it, until the next day. That’s what irks the shit out of me, among other things in life.
Trick
August 22, 1920-June 5, 2012 Source
Art
He Didn’t See This Coming
Yesterday morning, Mortimer J. Finkdink III, was taking his morning stroll. He always stops in the local coffee shop, for his daily cup. He always gets a large, as he likes to last throughout his walk. After he left the shop, he ambled on along on one of his favorite streets. A few minutes later, …
My Likes
Here are some of the things that I like. Black coffee: Most of the time I like it strong. No sugar, as it does it kills the flavor. Crosswords: On line and on paper, using a pen with black ink. Books: Mostly novels and old literature. TV: I’m very picky about what I watch. Old …
Hiatus
When I first started blogging, the main intention was writing, which was what I was doing. I know I have strayed away from it. My problem is, is that when I call it a night, there are times I’ll be laying in bed, and next the thing, an idea pops into my head on what …
A good novel ……
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A Pondering Mind 
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