Writing craft | Cathy C. Hall Writes

When I stumbled upon this list of 101 writers and their words of wisdom, I knew I had to share.

First of all, I LOVE quotes, and the pithier, the better. It’s like a little learning lesson, isn’t it?

And secondly, I’m all for wisdom. And when the wisdom has to do with writing, I feel behooved to jump on it.

So, check out this list, provided by Online College. Someone went to a lot of trouble so that you, the wisdom-seeking writer, could find a TON of quotes in one place.

P.S. Maurice Sendak’s advice about revision is an eye-opening keeper, and Roald Dahl made me smile. I’ll keep these words in my writing heart:

“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”

Have you found a favorite yet? Let me know whose words of wisdom you’ll keep in your writing heart!

You probably know Debbie Ridpath Ohi because she’s amazingly talented and her talented stuff is always popping up somewhere in the writing world. But just in case you don’t know about Inkygirl and her cartoons, or her incredibly useful website, crammed with tons of writer goodies, I’m here to pass along the word. Or links, as the case may be.

Go here and read her posts. (P.S. I think it’s odd that she’s opining about the same thing I opined upon over at Cathy C’s Hall of Fame just a few weeks ago. To wit, spending more time on the Internet than other writerish stuff. But I’d like it noted that I opined about it first. And with a totally cool pic of an inflatable monkey on a fern.)

Check out her Writer’s Guide to Twitter. (Yes, I know. That’s one of those Internet time sucks we both opined about. But Twitter has a place in your writer’s toolbox. Quit griping and learn how to maximize this tool.)

At least read a few of her comics. (Especially if you’re having one of those days where nothing is going writerly right.)

And if rejection is part of the worst day ever, read how rejection got Debbie her first book deal (And P.S. It all started with SCBWI.)

That’s my Debbie Ridpath Ohi primer. Unless you can think of other links I should have mentioned.(That is a Cathy C. Hall original cartoon above. Um, I probably need a little more time with the DRO primer.)