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James Dowd
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June 2019
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Write Dumb: Writing Better By Thinking Less
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“When you have order, you want to create chaos, and when you have chaos, you want to create order.”
― Write Dumb: Writing Better By Thinking Less
― Write Dumb: Writing Better By Thinking Less
“You may say who am I to be a Writer, to put my heart and soul onto the page, to write my name on things, to have the gall to think I could stand alone with my words, to take chances, to try? I say, who the hell are you not to? This is a gift we all possess, an art we can practice without advanced instruction, a form of communication that can not only reach masses but also exist forever in time. Who are you to deny such a gift? You can write, and no one else is stopping you from being a Writer, only yourself. So don’t allow yourself to stand in the way of something so fulfilling.”
― Write Dumb: Writing Better By Thinking Less
― Write Dumb: Writing Better By Thinking Less
“The moment you think you can no longer fail is when you fail most miserably.”
― Write Dumb: Writing Better By Thinking Less
― Write Dumb: Writing Better By Thinking Less
“Start Stupid. Be open to new ideas, without judgement or self-consciousness, because that’s the only way to truly write.”
― Write Dumb: Writing Better By Thinking Less
― Write Dumb: Writing Better By Thinking Less
“I’d argue that the scribbling of shapes and symbols to express and communicate is all writing is, and therefore it’s not as precious a craft as many would lead us to believe.”
― Write Dumb: Writing Better By Thinking Less
― Write Dumb: Writing Better By Thinking Less
“Consider that words are of the supernatural sort, other- worldly, yet not; gifted to us by some divine spirit, maybe; ever-changing, not ours, simply floating in us and around us, shaping our world and each other, but still shaped by our own innate, internal passions and energy — our blood!”
― Write Dumb: Writing Better By Thinking Less
― Write Dumb: Writing Better By Thinking Less
“Great writing is not a series of words spelled correctly and lain flat within a set of strict guidelines. It’s not of a certain character count. It’s not done by committee. And it’s certainly not meaningless.”
― Write Dumb: Writing Better By Thinking Less
― Write Dumb: Writing Better By Thinking Less
“Great writing is music. It’s both painful and glorious. It melds words and phrases in such a way as to educate and inform while making you feel as if you’re part of a rare, deep, disruptive conversation. It hooks you, pushes you, and pulls you. It etches itself into your subconscious, maybe forever.”
― Write Dumb: Writing Better By Thinking Less
― Write Dumb: Writing Better By Thinking Less
