http://thomaslitchford.com/blog/2010/01/17/who-has-time-to-be-literary/ Writing.Life Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:15:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://thomaslitchford.com/blog/2010/01/17/who-has-time-to-be-literary/comment-page-1/#comment-15982 tlitchfo Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:36:15 +0000 http://thomaslitchford.com/blog/?p=759#comment-15982 I have read that before ("On Writing" is one of my favorite books). Deep down, even as I was writing this post, I knew that was the right answer (read a lot, write a lot). But it just feels lately like there's not enough time for both. That's partly because the holidays just passed and partly because we're moving in a month and partly because I have a two-year-old. That's a lot of partly's :) I have read that before (“On Writing” is one of my favorite books). Deep down, even as I was writing this post, I knew that was the right answer (read a lot, write a lot). But it just feels lately like there’s not enough time for both. That’s partly because the holidays just passed and partly because we’re moving in a month and partly because I have a two-year-old. That’s a lot of partly’s

]]> http://thomaslitchford.com/blog/2010/01/17/who-has-time-to-be-literary/comment-page-1/#comment-15974 Beth Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:12:07 +0000 http://thomaslitchford.com/blog/?p=759#comment-15974 I'm teaching narrative writing right now, and I just ran across this quote from Stephen King (which I'm sure you've seen before). "Good description is a learned skill, one of the prime reasons why you cannot succeed unless you read a lot and write a lot. Reading will help you answer how much, and only reams of writing will help you with the how. You can learn only by doing." I’m teaching narrative writing right now, and I just ran across this quote from Stephen King (which I’m sure you’ve seen before). “Good description is a learned skill, one of the prime reasons why you cannot succeed unless you read a lot and write a lot. Reading will help you answer how much, and only reams of writing will help you with the how. You can learn only by doing.”

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