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Happy Writer/Lousy Writer

“‘low-intensity’ negative moods are linked to better writing than happy moods.” via GOOD

Susan Orleans talks about her bookshelf

Getting rid of a book is “like throwing away a plant. They feel sort of alive.” via Stacked Up; Writers show off their shelves

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“Creative work is often driven by pain. It may be that if you don’t have something in the back of your head driving you nuts, you may not do anything. It’s not a good arrangement. If I were God, I wouldn’t have done it that way. Things I’ve written about are no longer of any interest to me, but they were certainly of interest before I wrote about them. So there’s something about writing about it that flattens them. You’ve used them up.” [Cormac McCarthy Interview - WSJ.com]

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He Writes in His Head

When Edward P. Jones spoke at Winter with the Writers at Rollins College a few years ago, he said he wrote The Known World in his head. I didn’t quite believe him then, but I think I believe him now. [washingtonpost.com]

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Cast Your Net

November 9, 2009

It occurs to me that I can be pretty clever making up reasons why I shouldn’t be writing. Perhaps my imagination can be put to better use. [read on...]

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How to Write a Great Novel

November 7, 2009

“Behind the scenes, many of these writers say they struggle with the daily work of writing, clocking thousands of solitary hours staring at blank pages and computer screens. Most agree on common hurdles: procrastination, writer’s block, the terror of failure that looms over a new project and the attention-sucking power of the Internet. [WSJ.com]

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