Aim for the Chopping Block (writing quote)

  This is one of my favorite writing quotes. It offers a wonderful visual picture of seeking precision with words. As Mark Twain says,   “The difference between the almost right word & the right word is really a large matter–it’s the...

Writing Advice (by Rainer Maria Rilke)

“Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write. This most of all: ask yourself in the most...