Is it significant that I'm almost missing my deadline to write a blog for a group whose name starts with 'insecure'? I think everything has meaning, so my tardiness is obviously symbolic of a flaw I must correct. But, I'll do that later when I address my chronic procrastination.
Kidding aside, I am really grateful to belong to this group. I know there are no guns held to my head, penalties to pay or discomforts to endure, but the mere act of signing up here has created a subliminal obligation to which I'm responding.
No, there's no novel in the making, yet. But I did dust off a memoir I wrote a long time ago, am rewriting it, changing it and that's progress for me.
They say once you focus on something, your intention can in some way mold your reality. I hope that's true. For now I'm focusing on writing, on improving, learning and especially on enjoying it.
I have few words of wisdom to share, except that I know to enjoy it, can be enough. But, I'll borrow a few quotes that can serve as inspiration for us all. Happy writing!!
And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. ~Sylvia Plath
If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. ~Isaac Asimov
"Only write from your own passion, your own truth. That's the only thing you really know about, and anything else leads you away from the pulse."
Marianne Williamson
Joseph Pulitzer
Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it, and above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.
nice...that plath quote is so true....and really like the williamson quote too...hope you are having a wonderful day myrna!
ReplyDeleteThose are great quotes. I love the one by Isaac Asimov!
ReplyDeleteLOVED the quotes! Thanks for reminding me that its the first Wednesday of the month! and you absolutely have the right attitude regarding writing! Focus on the enjoyment and I too hope intentions molds reality :)
ReplyDeleteI love all the quotes ~
ReplyDeleteSelf-doubt is definitely MY enemy!
ReplyDeleteAny writing I ever do is for me, when other people like/love it I'm thrilled but, ultimately, it is my thoughts on life, love, our planet that I love to share with anyone who cares to read. If you keep that in mind, it allows to write freely, with no 'rules' It's for that reason that I don't try to write to strict poetry rules.. Aa Bb Cc and this had to end with that, and this has to have so many syllables, I can't write like that. It has to be free flowing thinking. Try it, you may just discover it frees you to write what you wish, how you wish. :)
ReplyDeleteLove all the quotes too, especially Marianne Williamson's. Kind of what I'm trying to say, only I was so much more long winded ...lol
My dearest Myrna,
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to writing, all of us, as you know have a different style and writes with different desires. You yourself have a talent that personally touches me when I stop by. Don't ever lost that my friend. Yes, I also love all the quotes.
Loved those quotes... especially the last 6 months of your life. I just found IWSG and I'm really enjoying it! I'm spending my forth of July reading posts on writing (not sure what that says about me lol).
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Kelly
Thanks for sharing this Myrna. ISWG truly is wonderful - it's been a bit of life changing experience for me. I loved your quotes as well. You have a good attitude to writing which is great. Good luck with it all!
ReplyDeleteSelf doubt causes me to delay so many worthwhile things, and these are things that often don't require a lot of time!
ReplyDeleteI am behind on my deadline. Sheesh. Then again, I can't rush it either. The typical rock and a hard place.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quotes, really like the last one.;))
ReplyDeleteSo happy to hear you have found inspiration from an unexpected source, we never know what in life will gets us going.;))Happy writing and a happy end of the week to you.;)
xoxo
Self-doubt always precedes sound writing, I reckon. The quotes are quite expressive of the human state. Thanks for sharing them with us, Myrna.
ReplyDeleteWishing you the best.
Joy always,
Susan
P. S: Waiting for that memoir to come out.
My first IWSG... great quotes, thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAlways enjoy your writing dearest even when you're writing about not writing! That last quote really resonated with me...thank you....
ReplyDeleteSuch great quotes, including your own! Thanks very much. I really enjoyed this. k.
ReplyDeleteI love that Plath quote!
ReplyDeleteGreat IWSG post...loved the quotes. Good luck on the memoir, I have a good RVing friend who is now working on her memoir. That takes guts!!
ReplyDeleteFelt like you were talking about me. Self doubt! That's me. Loved the quotes
ReplyDeletegreat post...i loved the quote of Isaac Asimov
ReplyDeleteAlways write from a place of passion!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the IWSG. First Wednesday of the month, so you're not late. And I know another memoir writer who lives in New Mexico - Karen Walker at Following the Whispers.
Hey Myrna, nice to meet you.
ReplyDeleteLove the quotes, especially Sylvia's.
Your initial question was pretty funny about being insecure. Great quotes.
ReplyDeleteI love the quotes! Welcome to the insecure group, looking forward to get to know you better.
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Hey Myrna, My first time here. First of all, married for 41 years; I wouldn't be able to tell you look so young. And, great quotes you shared especially the one about typing faster :)>
ReplyDeleteIf you're focusing "on writing, on improving, learning and especially on enjoying it," then you're there as far as I'm concerned. Love what you do. Love who you are.
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you and to know you are dusting that memoir off and editing. Best wishes!
ReplyDeleteYou give me heart. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteonce you focus on something, your intention can in some way mold your reality...i think that's true..the things we focus on will change how we think and in which direction we look and we will see the world around us in a different light.. also love the quotes..def. some cool wisdom..esp. that by sylvia plath.. self-doubt is a visitor i know well..
ReplyDeleteLove the quote, especially the one from Isaac Asimov.
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