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Forever, Emily Dickinson said, is composed of nows. But how do you inhabit the now you are in? How do you stop the ghosts of all the other nows from getting in? How, in short, do you live?
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
― The Dharma Bums
― The Dharma Bums
“Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.”
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“To live will be an awfully big adventure.”
― Peter Pan
― Peter Pan
“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.
Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
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Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
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“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”
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Jaymi’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jaymi’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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27 friends
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