" Our cocation is not simply to be, but to work together with God in the creation of our onw life, our own identity, our own destiny."
- Thomas Merton
Let me know if you found these daily nudges helpful, or if you'd like to see more of these in the future. Thanks for reading. Now get out there are writing something great - DK
"I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just h ad to figure out how to eat while doing this."
- Cormac McCarthy
"The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell, together, as quickly as possible."
- Mark Twain
"Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about."
- W. H. Auden
"In nearly all good fictionk, the basic - all but inescapable - plot form is this: A central character wants something, goes after it despite opposition (perhaps including his own doubts), and so arrives at a win, lose or draw."
- John Gardner
"The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas."
- Linus Pauling
"Creativity is God's gift to us. Using our creativity is our gift back to God."
- Julia Cameron
"Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice... follow your heart and intuition... they somehow already iknow what you truly want to become."
- Steve Jobs
"Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't see any."
- Orson Scott Card
" If I clear the clutter... all the creativfe seeds that drop in can suddenly find a place to take root."
- Joan Borysenko
