She is right....

30,000 by the end of the weekend. I have the time....now let me get to it.

Writing Quotes

1. “You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.” ~ Ray Bradbury
2. “I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tingle with human emotions.” ~ James Michener
3. “A synonym is a word you use when you can’t spell the other one.” ~ Baltasar Gracian
4. What no wife of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he’s staring out the window.” ~ Burton Rascoe
5. “You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what’s burning inside you. And we edit to let the fire show through the smoke.” ~ Arthur Polotnik
6. “Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke
7. “No man should ever publish a book until he has first read it to a woman.” ~ Van Wyck Brooks
8. “Work every day. No matter what has happened the day or night before, get up and bite the nail.” ~ Hemmingway
9. “Planning to write is not writing. Outlining . . . researching . . . talking to people about what you’re doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.” ~ E. L. Doctorow
10. “Writers have to simultaneously believe the following two things:
1. The story I am now working on is the greatest work of genius ever written in English.
2. The story I am now working on is worthless drivel.
. . . . Of course, believing two contradictory facts at the same time is sometimes referred to as madness---but that, too, can be an asset to a writer.
~ Orson Scott Card

The thing is I don't want you to go back into the mist. You make everything clear.

me