Here we are, about halfway through November. I thought now would be a good time to post something encouraging, to give you the drive to keep going and get those words down for NaNoWriMo 2020.
You’ll find below a smattering of my favorite and most encouraging quotes about writing, as well as some pictures I’ve taken over the past few months (because I just couldn’t help myself!).
“Writing may or may not be your salvation; it might or might not be your destiny. But that does not matter. What matters right now are the words, one after another. Find the next word. Write it down.”
Neil Gaimon
“You fail only if you stop writing.”
Ray Bradbury
“The first draft of everything is shit.”
Earnest Hemmingway
“The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better.”
Stephen King
“The hardest thing for a writer to conquer is fear. Get over it. You’re never going to write the perfect sentence—but just get something on the page. Start writing.”
Raymond E. Feist
“And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that is a gift and a privilege, not a right.”
Ray Bradbury
“Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down.”
John Steinbeck
“I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters I am not. I write to explore all the things I’m afraid of.”
Joss Whedon
Now get out there and finish this month strong. Happy writing!
THE QUILL & THE INKPOT 