A day or so ago was the birthday of the very prolific French novelist Colette, who lived a scandalous life. That is, after she escaped from her husband. He daily locked her in a room until she wrote a certain number of pages, all of which he took credit for.
Just a little background for you.
Here's what she said, as I remember it, although I will not be able to use her exact words.
If you write down your thoughts and ideas and feelings every day, you are a writer. But to be an author you must scrutinize and criticize and pare down what you write and may end up throwing out most of it.
Get it?
1 comment:
Yup.
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