A great history lesson here and some great words from Curtis Brown.
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Keep moving forward!
Some quotes to light your way:
Junot Díaz
“A writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, because she has amazing talent, or because everything she does is golden. A writer is a writer because, even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise, you keep writing anyway.”
Anne Lamott
“I heard a preacher say recently that hope is a revolutionary patience; let me add that so is being a writer. Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up.”
J.K. Rowling
“And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”
Ray Bradbury
“You fail only if you stop writing.”
Richard Bach
“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.”
Gillian Flynn
“Successful writing is one part inspiration and two parts sheer stubbornness.”
Mary Anne Radmacher
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’”
Stephen King (from The Shawshank Redemption)
“Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”
Jodi Picoult
“You can’t edit a blank page.”
Samuel Beckett
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
I’m cheering you on!
— Brandy