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Creative Writing Quotes

I am basically analytical, not creative; my writing is simply a creative way of handling analysis Picture Quote #1

What’s interesting about writing is the invention, the creative thing. Writing about myself is a yawn Picture Quote #1

I’ve only ever taken a playwriting class, but I like creative writing and writing screenplays Picture Quote #1

Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments Picture Quote #1

I had never taken creative writing classes. Hadn’t even considered it Picture Quote #1

Some creative writing programs seem evil, but my experience at Irvine was totally the opposite, where I feel like they were really good at focusing in on each writers voice and setting. When I felt like I was obligated to write a story that was more typical, no one really liked it Picture Quote #1

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I remember telling my creative writing teacher that you never want to have a journal, because if you lose it, then someone’s going to know all your secrets. And then she stopped using a journal, but I always write everything down... Anytime I travel, I try and fill up notepads Picture Quote #1

And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn’t graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing Picture Quote #1

As with many teens, my first jobs included babysitting and mopping floors at McDonald’s. Since then, I’ve held jobs a diverse as selling used cars, selling apparel, cosmetics, and real-estate, substitute-teaching six graders, teaching undergraduate creative writing, and working as an editorial assistant for a literary magazine Picture Quote #1

I think you have to learn for yourself how to write. I’m slightly mystified by creative writing courses - God love them - because I can’t understand how you can explain a process that I find so baffling Picture Quote #1

A creative writing workshop will contain students whose ambitions and abilities, whose conceptions of literature itself, are so diverse that what they have in common - the desire to write - could almost be considered meaningless Picture Quote #1

For decades, as literary editor, I have followed the growth of our creative writing in English. In my Solidaridad Bookshop, half of my stock consists of Filipino books written in English and in the native languages Picture Quote #1

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A blend of fact and fiction has been used in various forms since the dawn of creative writing, starting with sagas and epic poems Picture Quote #1

The books people are writing today, they’re too long. You get a little bit of plot, and then pages and pages of Creative Writing. They teach classes in how to do this. They should teach classes in how to stop! Picture Quote #1

I had just begun an M.A. in Creative Writing, and I had to write a novel, so I began writing a novel that later became ‘A Life Apart.’ Picture Quote #1

When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away Picture Quote #1

If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it Picture Quote #1

Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college Picture Quote #1

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The phenomenon of university creative writing programs doesn’t exist in France. The whole idea is regarded as a novelty, or an oddity Picture Quote #1

Acting is easier - writing is more creative. The lazy man vies with the industrious Picture Quote #1

I believe the best creative writing lessons live in the specifics Picture Quote #1

There is creative reading as well as creative writing Picture Quote #1

Creative writing and literacy go hand and hand Picture Quote #1

I had never taken creative writing classes. Hadn’t even considered it Picture Quote #1

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One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing Picture Quote #1

Writing was my route to creative expression, and I needed to write about the things that interested me Picture Quote #1

When I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer Picture Quote #1

A creative writing class may be one of the last places you can go where your life still matters Picture Quote #1

The maker of a sentence launches out into the infinite and builds a road into chaos and old night, and is followed by those who hear him with something of wild, creative delight Picture Quote #1

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them Picture Quote #1

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I am basically analytical, not creative; my writing is simply a creative way of handling analysis (Creative Writing Quotes) What’s interesting about writing is the invention, the creative thing. Writing about myself is a yawn. (Creative Writing Quotes) I’ve only ever taken a playwriting class, but I like creative writing and writing screenplays (Creative Writing Quotes) Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments. (Creative Writing Quotes) I had never taken creative writing classes. Hadn’t even considered it. (Creative Writing Quotes) Some creative writing programs seem evil, but my experience at Irvine was totally the opposite, where I feel like they were really good at focusing in on each writers voice and setting. When I felt like I was obligated to write a story that was more typical, no one really liked it. (Creative Writing Quotes) I remember telling my creative writing teacher that you never want to have a journal, because if you lose it, then someone’s going to know all your secrets. And then she stopped using a journal, but I always write everything down... Anytime I travel, I try and fill up notepads. (Creative Writing Quotes) And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn’t graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing. (Creative Writing Quotes) As with many teens, my first jobs included babysitting and mopping floors at McDonald’s. Since then, I’ve held jobs a diverse as selling used cars, selling apparel, cosmetics, and real-estate, substitute-teaching six graders, teaching undergraduate creative writing, and working as an editorial assistant for a literary magazine. (Creative Writing Quotes) I think you have to learn for yourself how to write. I’m slightly mystified by creative writing courses - God love them - because I can’t understand how you can explain a process that I find so baffling. (Creative Writing Quotes) A creative writing workshop will contain students whose ambitions and abilities, whose conceptions of literature itself, are so diverse that what they have in common - the desire to write - could almost be considered meaningless. (Creative Writing Quotes) For decades, as literary editor, I have followed the growth of our creative writing in English. In my Solidaridad Bookshop, half of my stock consists of Filipino books written in English and in the native languages. (Creative Writing Quotes) A blend of fact and fiction has been used in various forms since the dawn of creative writing, starting with sagas and epic poems. (Creative Writing Quotes) The books people are writing today, they’re too long. You get a little bit of plot, and then pages and pages of Creative Writing. They teach classes in how to do this. They should teach classes in how to stop! (Creative Writing Quotes) I had just begun an M.A. in Creative Writing, and I had to write a novel, so I began writing a novel that later became ‘A Life Apart.’ (Creative Writing Quotes) When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away. (Creative Writing Quotes) If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it. (Creative Writing Quotes) Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college (Creative Writing Quotes) The phenomenon of university creative writing programs doesn’t exist in France. The whole idea is regarded as a novelty, or an oddity (Creative Writing Quotes) Acting is easier - writing is more creative. The lazy man vies with the industrious (Creative Writing Quotes) I believe the best creative writing lessons live in the specifics (Creative Writing Quotes) There is creative reading as well as creative writing (Creative Writing Quotes) Creative writing and literacy go hand and hand (Creative Writing Quotes) I had never taken creative writing classes. Hadn’t even considered it (Creative Writing Quotes) One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing (Creative Writing Quotes) Writing was my route to creative expression, and I needed to write about the things that interested me (Creative Writing Quotes) When I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer (Creative Writing Quotes) A creative writing class may be one of the last places you can go where your life still matters (Creative Writing Quotes) The maker of a sentence launches out into the infinite and builds a road into chaos and old night, and is followed by those who hear him with something of wild, creative delight (Creative Writing Quotes) Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them (Creative Writing Quotes)

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