tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583770793249708355.post8780049287469216893..comments2023-10-23T16:42:47.907+01:00Comments on A Portable Snack: On Writing WellKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12911172527983296054noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583770793249708355.post-33187397666313546622007-03-08T15:30:00.000+00:002007-03-08T15:30:00.000+00:00this post hit very close to home.one of my favorit...this post hit very close to home.<BR/><BR/>one of my favorite quotes on writing by anais nin: "If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it."<BR/><BR/>i always believed that in essence, you write because you have to. i agree with you that you have to continue writing and you can't worry about Ruby Tuesdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351710137272699652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583770793249708355.post-14434749259370417342007-03-07T19:32:00.000+00:002007-03-07T19:32:00.000+00:00mandy: good writing books shouldn't read like "wri...mandy: good writing books shouldn't read like "writing" books. Thanks, I'll check it out.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12911172527983296054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583770793249708355.post-61352966863762052962007-03-07T17:46:00.000+00:002007-03-07T17:46:00.000+00:00You keep going because you can't "not" keep going....You keep going because you can't "not" keep going. <BR/><BR/>At least, that's how it is for me. <BR/><BR/>I just finished one of the best books on fiction writing (and I've read a lot of them) that I've ever found: The Lie that Tells a Truth by John Dufresne. I highly recommend it. And it doesn't read like a writing book.. if that's possible.mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988570616491601316noreply@blogger.com