Learn to trust our own judgment,
learn inner independence,
learn to trust that time will
sort the good from the bad—
including your own bad.

―Doris Lessing

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The practice and habit of writing
not only drain the mind
but supply it too.

—William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White

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Dreams, books,
are each a world;
and books, we know,
Are a substantial world,
both pure and good:
Round these,
with tendrils strong
as flesh and blood,
Our pastime and
our happiness will grow.

—William Wordsworth

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We should write because we are spiritual beings and writing is a powerful form of prayer and meditation, connecting us both to our own insights and also to a higher and deeper level of inner guidance as well.

We should write because writing brings clarity and passion to the act of living. Writing is sensual, experiential, grounding. We should write because writing is good for the soul. We should write because writing yields us a body of work,
a felt path through the world we live in.

—Julia Cameron

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Whenever I’m asked what advice I have for young writers, I always say that the first thing is to read, and to read a lot. The second thing is to write. And the third thing, which I think is absolutely vital, is to tell stories and listen closely to the stories you’re being told.

―John Green

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Be daring, take on anything. Don’t labor over little cameo works in which every word is to be perfect. Technique holds a reader from sentence to sentence, but only content will stay in his mind.

―Joyce Carol Oates

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