tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996753044552511588.post5742383889286094749..comments2023-09-23T05:06:53.430-08:00Comments on 49 Writers: Cinthia Ritchie: No Perfect Time to WriteAndromeda Romano-Laxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16988887975016816552noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996753044552511588.post-88383008890928364922013-10-24T16:59:02.927-08:002013-10-24T16:59:02.927-08:00Love^3 power this:
"The real loss of putting ...Love^3 power this:<br />"The real loss of putting off writing or waiting for the perfect writing moment isn’t so much in the story, essay or poem we never finish so much as the opportunity writing presents, the chance to grow and expand, to connect to both ourselves and others, to look out from our very small space of world and realize that everything is bigger and lusher and more lasting than we had ever imagined."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842985787433314764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996753044552511588.post-68256513562124944892013-10-24T14:32:28.357-08:002013-10-24T14:32:28.357-08:00Thanks, Lynn! Hope you're happily writing away...Thanks, Lynn! Hope you're happily writing away. And Andromeda, I totally agree with you. Once, in a creative writing class, Rich Chiappone (hi, Rich!) said, "If you want to write more, take on a second job." I think that's so true. The less time we have, the more we write. It doesn't make sense, but it does. Cinthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16319692437720914477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996753044552511588.post-57891715266725673312013-10-24T11:32:42.020-08:002013-10-24T11:32:42.020-08:00Cinthia-- congratulations on the well-deserved hon...Cinthia-- congratulations on the well-deserved honor and your description of that post-running writing experience is inspiring. Sometimes a fast-closing deadline and single-sitting sessions even help us write better and more candidly, just trying to get the words out on the paper without become tangled in ideas about form, voice, etc. Back when my kids were babies and I had no uninterrupted time to write, I twice whipped off essays on the same day of the ADN writing contest deadline, slipping them in at the final hour. The essays had lots of problems that revision might have corrected, but they were honest. In years since I've labored over longer essays that clearly aren't propelled by the same urgency, try too hard, become convoluted...or something. I don't even want to try to get them published. There is nothing better than a drive to say something very specific and a limited amount of time in which to do it. I can't wait to read your essay. Kudos again. Andromeda Romano-Laxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988887975016816552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996753044552511588.post-55425359507061732013-10-24T11:24:43.718-08:002013-10-24T11:24:43.718-08:00Thanks for the great post, gave me the motivation ...Thanks for the great post, gave me the motivation to go back to my new story and work on it!Lynn Lovegreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18381497298898067525noreply@blogger.com