Sunday, September 18, 2005

Quote from somewhere
"Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.
That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them, and you have their shoes."

The Writers War Cry
by Iris Leach
DETERMINATION IS THE NAME OF THE GAME. Think abut writing with the same determination you use to have that extra helping of chocolate cake!

ORDINARY PEOPLE ARE SANE. So you’re crazy -- mad as a hatter in March. Why else would you slip into something more comfortable and sit in front of a computer?

NEGATIVE THOUGHTS ARE NOT ALLOWED. Your brain surgeon lifts the scalpel -- he hesitates! Can I do this, he thinks. What if I fail? should I have taken up horse training like my uncle Bart?

TRUST IN YOURSELF. Deep inside you know you’re a writer and you will, one day make it. Your name will be in lights --- well, on a paperback cover at least.

ENTHUSIASM LEADS TO SUCCESS. What if Newton’s mother had said, "Keep your feet on the ground, son. You get much too excited over falling apples."

VICTORY ABOVE ALL ELSE. Don’t waste those rejection slips. Recycle them into how-to books.

EVERY WRITER HAS A GOAL. To be published. To be a bestseller. To finish the damn book.

REQUIRED ENERGY. You can find energy from hardy sources. Drinking milk twice a day. Green vegetables. A walk around the block. Or if desperately in need of a boost -- stick finger in light socket.

GREAT BOOKS COME FROM EVEN GREATER CHARACTERS. Do you remember your weird Aunt Mabel? The one you mother refuses to talk about? Or that girl from school who was never allowed to play and always wore chiffon blouses under her uniform.

IDLE HANDS MAKE MISCHIEF. Of course active hands lead to arthritis. Take your pick.

VIRTUALLY NOBODY SUCCEEDS WITHOUT TRYING. Hmmm, maybe the royals.

EGG IS WORN ON THE FACE. Maybe because we’re constantly searching for the bacon.

UNDERSTAND THIS -- NOTHING TASTES SWEETER THAN SUCCESS. I read this somewhere so it must be true.

PEGASUS. If a damn horse can fly, surely we can get published.

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