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Anne Lamott on Writing

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“Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul.”

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“Don't be afraid of your material or your past. Be afraid of wasting any more time obsessing about how you look and how people see you. Be afraid of not getting your writing done.”
“If you always dreamed of writing a novel or a memoir, and you used to love to write, and were pretty good at it, will it break your heart if it turns out you never got around to it? If you wake up one day at eighty, will you feel nonchalant that something always took precedence over a daily commitment to discovering your creative spirit? If notif this very thought fills you with regret—then what are you waiting for?”
“All good writers write [terrible first drafts.] This is how they end up with good second drafts and terrific third drafts”
“Plot grows out of character. If you focus on who the people in your story are, if you sit and write about two people you are getting to know better every day, something is bound to happen.”
“Being a writer guarantees that you will spend too much time alone—and that as a result, your mind will begin to warp.”
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