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Shoveling sand into a box . . . .

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I’m writing a first draft and reminding myself that I’m simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

Shannon Hale.

via Inspirational Quote # 255 — Today, You Will Write

Stories . . .

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People think [detective stories] more ingenious than they are—on account of their method and air of method…Where is the ingenuity in unraveling a web which you yourself…have woven for the express purpose of unraveling? —Edgar Allan Poe, in a letter to Philip Pendelton Cooke

via Quote of the Day — Alec Nevala-Lee

Ask yourself . . .

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Stop asking yourself what you want, what you desire, what interests you. Ask yourself instead: What has been given to me? Ask: What do I have to give back? Then give it.

Cheryl Strayed. Taken from Brave Enough.

via Inspirational Quote # 395 — Today, You Will Write

When I’m writing, I write.

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What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat.’ And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I’m writing, I write. And then it’s as if the muse is convinced that I’m serious and say, ‘Okay. Okay. I’ll come.’

Maya Angelou.

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Maya Angelou.