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My school days countdown to winter break continues with my list of Ten Quotes on Writing. As a writer, word collector, and sixth grade teacher, I am forever inspired by the words of other writers. Today, for my classroom of young authors, I present a collection of 10 inspirational quotes from some of the world’s master wordsmiths. Perhaps this week you, too, will draft a post containing your favorite quotes. Two great sources for quotes include: www.brainyquote.com and www.goodreads.com. Here now, words of wisdom on writing…
1
“Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no older ones. Literacy will be dead, and democracy–which many believe goes hand in hand with it–will be dead as well.”
-Margaret Atwood
2
“The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.”
A.B. Yehoshua
3
“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.”
Gustave Flaubert
4
“Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.”
William Strunk, Jr.
5
“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
Anton Chekhov
6
“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.”
Anne Frank
7
“Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.”
Meg Cabot
8
“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”
William Wordsworth
9
“I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you’re trying to be a writer because it’s the only apprenticeship we have, it’s the only way of learning how to write a story.”
John Green
10
“All the writing elements are the same. You need to tell a good story….You’ve got good characters….People think there’s some dramatic difference between writing ‘Little Bear’ and ‘The Hunger Games,’ and as a writer, for me, there isn’t.”
Suzanne Collins
In your final 10 school days before holiday break, imagine all the writing you can do…
See you in class,
Mrs. Rombach
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