Incalculable Debt To Imagination
Incalculable Debt To Imagination “Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable.”–Carl Jung
Primary Object Tells Stories
Primary Object Tells Stories “I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story.”–Wilkie Collins
Another New Link For You
Another New Link For You I know it’s been a while since anyone has heard from me (working on a post about that). I want to take a moment and share another new link with you. If you enjoy poetry, check out https://poems-by-tom.weebly.com/. Tom has decided to take a dip in the blogging pool and share some of his poetry with the world. In addition, he will also be sharing poetry from the masters (maybe even me) from time to…
Talent As Kipling And Discipline As Flaubert
First, there must be talent, much talent. Talent such as Kipling had. Then there must be discipline. The discipline of Flaubert. Then there must be the conception of what it can be and absolute conscience as unchanging as the standard meter in Paris, to prevent faking. Then the writer must be intelligent and disinterested and above all he must survive. Try to get all these in one person and have him come through all the influences that press on a…
Writer Has To Force Himself To Work
“The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn’t go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him.”–Roald Dahl