mantras for the writing life
I have read a lot of composition theory. When I think intellectually and reflectively about how writing works and what my process is, I come to a pleasant melange of the ideas of Peter Elbow and Donald Murray. For the most part, I build my writing life carefully and try to encourage my students to learn good writing habits.
But that which I experience in the midst of a project and what I know in the abstract to be true often look very different. Thus it is that I find myself repeating like a breath prayer not the wisdom of composition theory, but the wisdom of popular literature through the ages.
Here are my mantras:
1. All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well. -The Shewings of Julian of Norwich
2. -It wil all work out in the end.
-How will it?
-I don't know. It's a mystery.
-Shakespeare in Love
3. Have you eaten your rice? Then wash your bowl. -Zen anecdote
4. Make. Great. Art. -Neil Gaiman
How do you get through a tough project?
But that which I experience in the midst of a project and what I know in the abstract to be true often look very different. Thus it is that I find myself repeating like a breath prayer not the wisdom of composition theory, but the wisdom of popular literature through the ages.
Here are my mantras:
1. All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well. -The Shewings of Julian of Norwich
2. -It wil all work out in the end.
-How will it?
-I don't know. It's a mystery.
-Shakespeare in Love
3. Have you eaten your rice? Then wash your bowl. -Zen anecdote
4. Make. Great. Art. -Neil Gaiman
How do you get through a tough project?
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