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Enid Bagnold – writing is the Streaming reason for living

February 27, 2015 - by India Writes Network

Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it’s the answer to everything. … It’s the streaming reason for living. To note, to pin down, to build up, to …

William Saroyan: How do you write

January 18, 2015January 18, 2015 - by India Writes Network

How do you write? You write, man, you write, that’s how, and you do it the way the old English walnut tree puts forth leaf and fruit every year by …

Alice Hoffman: Love is possible and real

January 14, 2015January 14, 2015 - by India Writes Network

I wrote to find beauty and purpose, to know that love is possible and lasting and real, to see day lilies and swimming pools, loyalty and devotion, even though my …

Richard Ford: Writing is dark and lonely

January 14, 2015January 14, 2015 - by India Writes Network

Beware of writers who tell you how hard they work. (Beware of anybody who tries to tell you that.) Writing is indeed often dark and lonely, but no one really …

Geraldine Brooks: Seeking emotional truths

January 14, 2015January 14, 2015 - by India Writes Network

Write what you know. Every guide for the aspiring author advises this. Because I live in a long-settled rural place, I know certain things. I know the feel of a …

James J. Kilpatrick: Ask how and why

December 28, 2014December 28, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Five common traits of good writers: (1) They have something to say. (2) They read widely and have done so since childhood. (3) They possess what Isaac Asimov calls a …

Inez Kelley: Be ready for many red marks

December 28, 2014December 28, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Dear Aspiring Writer, you are not ready. Stop. Put that finished story away and start another one. In a month, go back and look at the first story. RE-EDIT it. …

Red Haircrow: Dance above the surface

December 21, 2014December 21, 2014 - by India Writes Network

“Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion.” ― Red Haircrow

Lili St. Crow: Don’t force the Muse to show up

December 21, 2014December 21, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Discipline allows magic. To be a writer is to be the very best of assassins. You do not sit down and write every day to force the Muse to show …

Stephen King: I know that

December 19, 2014December 19, 2014 - by India Writes Network

“There are lots of guys out there who write a better prose line than I do and who have a better understanding of what people are really like and what …