August 2012
217 posts
July 2012
213 posts
“If all you can do is crawl, start crawling”
– Rumi
(via fuckyeahrumi)
nprfreshair:
Rule #7: Writer’s block is a tool…use it.
Colson Whitehead’s Rules to The Art of Writing
Ah! So many interesting posts on writing today!
John Green's tumblr: On Having Figured Out the... →
fishingboatproceeds:
“Why, for example, do the great writers use anticipation instead of surprise? Because surprise is merely an instrument of the unusual, whereas anticipation of a consequence enlarges our understanding of what is happening. Look at a point of land over which the sun is certain to rise, Coleridge…
This is worth talking about.
mortisia asked: Oh hello there glad you post a comment, i feel honored finding people who studied Greek. Ancient greek are so difficult language and good for you :D that you did it!
“With composure he did what was necessary.”
– Hermann Hesee Rosshalde
Here, though, at the crest of the Gandy Bridge on... →
onthemedia:
Tampa Bay reporter Ben Montgomery decides to spend a week walking everywhere in his car-centric city. Blisters and good writing ensue.
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“At some point, after all, the mutation of values has to express itself; and why...”
– Kim Stanley Robinson Blue Mars
“Everything dies someday. Better to die thinking that you’re going to miss...”
– Kim Stanley Robinson Blue Mars
"I am appalled, even horrified, that you have... →
onthemedia:
When CNN founder Ted Turner told his dad that he’d decided to major in Classics, his father sent him a letter expressing his disappointment.
Ted Turner’s father was apparently an ass. He goes on and on about his son’s education making him (that is Ted) a snob. But he does it in the snobbiest damn letter I’ve ever read. It makes so little sense; Mr. Turner’s...
