I only have time for a quick post because I'm NaNoWriMoing. The italicized lines are all Rumi, taken from Goodreads this time.
When I write, I remember:
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.
When I have to revise my revolting rough draft, I remember:
How do the birds make great sky circles...
They fall and falling they are given wings.
When I get a critique and I need to make sooo many changes, I remember:
If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?
When I get a good rejection letter, I remember:
The wound is the place where the Light enters you.
When I sigh and think I'll never find an agent, I remember:
What you seek is seeking you.
Remember:
Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth.
Do not be satisfied with the stories that came before you. Unfold your own myth. -Rumi
Showing posts with label NaNoWriMo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NaNoWriMo. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Rumi Inspiration
Labels:
NaNoWriMo,
Rumi,
Writers Resources
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Happy Halloween and Sayonara NaBloWriMo
Why?
Next month's task is daunting. I can't even join in the NaNoWriMo fun, because I still have to revise. Fortunately, Lydia Kang came up with NaNoRevMo so I won't feel left out. (And boy am I working on the revising!) For all the non-writers who are reading this ramble...NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writers Month, the rest are spin-offs of some writerly sort.
So...here we go!
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