Do Not Come in Lightly to the Blank Page

Subtitled:  Here’s……..Writing !

 

In King’s iconic writing about writing, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, he bids us care: “Let me say it again: you must not come lightly to the blank page.”

Stephen King urges writers to approach the blank page with seriousness, intent, and full emotional engagement, rather than casually or half-heartedly.

My take:  Words are powerful. Your words are powerful. The work you’re doing is powerful and meaningful to people. So powerful, that perhaps you are someone’s favorite writer!

 

That being said, Harper Lee has also spoken something relevant to writers.  I call it:  Truth as Told by Harper Lee

 

Yes.  Yes, I see that now. I now realize why this next post is so popular:

Do You have a Writing Fear? – TUTORING YOU

And of course, this:

There’s that!

But…Then I begin thinking, what if you feel the fear, but write it anyway? Why?  Because writing is so great! I can’t help myself!

That’s my story and I’m sticking with it.


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Author: Dennis Hickey

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