Scribe’s Writing Desk

Keep Writing

Keep writing. Keep submitting. The race goes not to the brilliant, but to the disciplined, to those who persevere.
~ Kate DiCamillo ~

Posted by: Scribe on Saturday, 18 Nov 2006

Writing Prompts

Here are three writing prompts:

Write 200 or so words starting with, “A shiver ran up my spine…”
You wake up one morning to find everything as you know has changed. What happened?
Write two paragraphs using the following words: glitter, bite, feather, discretion.

Feel free to post your creations here.

Posted by: Scribe on Saturday, 11 Nov 2006

Flow Like a Mountain Stream

I saw the following words and thought I’d write a post on them.
A writer wants the words to flow like a mountain stream, …
by Steven O’Dell
This is so true, but how many writers have this happen? I mean, be honest, it rarely does.
It’s likely that many of us will have spurts of […]

Posted by: Scribe on Thursday, 7 Sep 2006

Quote

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
~~Tom Clancy~~

Posted by: Scribe on Monday, 4 Sep 2006

Failure

There is no failure - except in no longer trying.
- Elbert Hubbard

I believe this is true. You haven’t failed until you stop trying. We all know that the publishing industry is hard to break into, yet some writers still think they will get published within a few months of finishing their manuscript. […]

Posted by: Scribe on Thursday, 27 Apr 2006

Love and Skill

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. ~John Ruskin
Love of the story and of the craft itself, together with the learned skill of writing can be a powerful commodity. One without the other can lead to poor results, which can then lead to misery, depression and, worse of all, hatred for […]

Posted by: Scribe on Thursday, 30 Mar 2006

Thoughts

Thoughts are things; they have tremendous power. Thoughts of doubt and fear are pathways to failure. When you conquer negative attitudes of doubt and fear you conquer failure.
- Bryan Adams

Posted by: Scribe on Thursday, 16 Mar 2006

How it Should Be

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else.
~Gloria Steinem

Posted by: Scribe on Thursday, 5 Jan 2006

Doubts

It is worth mentioning, for future reference, that the creative power which bubbles so pleasantly in beginning a new book quiets down after a time, and one goes on more steadily. Doubts creep in.
Then one becomes resigned. Determination not to give in, and the sense of an impending shape keep one at it more […]

Posted by: Scribe on Monday, 2 Jan 2006

Spare Time

The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn’t behave that way you would never do anything.
~John Irving

Posted by: Scribe on Tuesday, 13 Dec 2005