Today's blog is on quotes that I have taken from other author's research about the writing process. In addition, I have also provided my own response to the writing process. Three quotes from Teach Writing as a Process Not a Product (Don Murray) : Quotes 1: “Writing is the act of producing a first draft. It is the fastest part of the process, and the most frightening, for it is a commitment. When you complete a draft you know how much, and how little, you know. And the writing of this first draft rough, searching, unfinished may take as little as one percent of the writer’s time”, Don Murray. Quote 2: “ There must be time for the writing process to take place and time for it to end. The writer must work within the stimulating tension of unpressured time to think and dream and stare out windows, and pressured time the deadline to which the writer must deliver”, Don Murray. Quote 3: “ How do you motivate your student to pass through this process, perhaps even pass through it again and again on the same piece of writing? First by shutting up. When you are talking he isn’t writing. And you don’t learn a process by talking about it, but by doing it”, Don Murray. Three quotes from The Daily Writing Routines of Great Writers (Maria Popova) : Quote 1: “ I write with a felt-tip pen, or sometimes a pencil, on yellow or white legal pads, that fetish of American writers”, Susan Sontag . Quote 2: “ I’m always in a hurry to get going, though in general I dislike starting the day. I first have tea and then, at about ten o’clock, I get under way and work until one. Then I see my friends and after that, at five o’clock, I go back to work and continue until nine. I have no difficulty in picking up the thread in the afternoon. When you leave, I’ll read the paper or perhaps go shopping. Most often it’s a pleasure to work”, Simone de Beauvoir. Quote 3: “ When I am working on a book or a story I write every morning as soon after first light as possible. There is no one to disturb you and it is cool or cold and you come to your work and warm as you write. You read what you have written and, as you always stop when you know what is going to happen next, you go on from there. You write until you come to a place where you still have your juice and know what will happen next and you stop and try to live through until the next day when you hit it again”, Ernest Hemingway. Three quotes from Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (Anne Lamott): Quote 1: “ Very few writers know what they are doing until they’ve it.” Quote 2: “ there are probably a number of ways to tell your story right, and someone else may be able to tell you whether or you’ve found one of these ways. Quote 3: “ Criticism is very hard to take.” My response and I quote…
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The Proust Questionnaire has its origins in a parlor game popularized (though not devised) by Marcel Proust, the French essayist and novelist, who believed that, in answering these questions, an individual reveals his or her true nature. Here is the basic Proust Questionnaire. __1.__What is your idea of perfect happiness? My children growing up and being successful. __2.__What is your greatest fear? Dying a brutal death __3.__What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? I don’t like asking others for help. __4.__What is the trait you most deplore in others? I don’t like when others lie. __5.__Which living person do you most admire? I admire my daughter Alissa, she’s smart, helpful and caring. __6.__What is your greatest extravagance? Buying my home. __7.__What is your current state of mind? Happy, driven and confident. __8.__What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Letting the world know how much of donation you gave. __9.__On what occasion do you lie? When I’m getting pulled over by the police. __10.__What do you most dislike about your appearance? My stomach. __11.__Which living person do you most despise? Donald Trump, he’s a joke. __12.__What is the quality you most like in a man? I like a man that adores me, over 6 feet and handsome to me. __13.__What is the quality you most like in a woman? I like a woman who is mature, beautiful and can provide for herself. __14.__Which words or phrases do you most overuse? “Whatever the case may be.” __15.__What or who is the greatest love of your life? My children and then my boyfriend. __16.__When and where were you happiest? In the hospital, when I gave birth. __17.__Which talent would you most like to have? I always wanted sing. __18.__If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? My voice, sometimes I feel like I have a deep voice. __19.__What do you consider your greatest achievement? Being able to provide for my family also, giving them life I always wanted from my mom and dad. __20.__If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? I would like to be reborn into human form and live a new life. __21.__Where would you most like to live? I love Pennsylvania, I have no desire to move. __22.__What is your most treasured possession? My home. __23.__What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Not having somewhere to live. __24.__What is your favorite occupation? Being an artist like drawing and craft. __25.__What is your most marked characteristic? Being optimistic. __26.__What do you most value in your friends? My friends are very encouraging and I value that. __27.__Who are your favorite writers? I do not have one. __28.__Who is your hero of fiction? Padme` from Star Wars. __29.__Which historical figure do you most identify with? Rosa Parks. __30.__Who are your heroes in real life? My children. __31.__What are your favorite names? Mia, Love, Nila, Alissa, Amir, Alana __32.__What is it that you most dislike? I do not like when things are out of place. __33.__What is your greatest regret? All my ex’s boyfriends. __34.__How would you like to die? I would like to die from natural causes, from living up to age 210. __35.__What is your motto? Live rich and die poor. |
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