Outskirts Press has over 12,000 followers/fans on its Facebook page at http://facebook.com/outskirtspress — and some of our most popular posts have been inspiring quotes that we’ve shared to our writing community. As we begin the second full business week of NaNoWriMo, I thought I’d share a few quotes that seem particularly appropriate for those of us attempting to write 50,000 words in 30 days during National Novel Writing Month:
“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.” ~ Richard Bach
“If you wait for inspiration to write; you’re not a writer, you’re a waiter.” ~ Dan Poynter
“Write your first draft with your heart. Rewrite with your head.” ~ Mike Rich
“Fiction does not spring into the world fully grown, like Athena. It is the process of writing and rewriting that makes a fiction original, if not profound.” ~ John Gardner
“You can’t think yourself out of a writing block; you have to write yourself out of a thinking block.” ~ John Rogers
“You fail only if you stop writing.” ~ Ray Bradbury
Keep on writing, fellow WriMo’s!
My NaNoWriMo stats for November 10, 2014:
| Average Per Day | 1753 |
| Words Written Today | 1730 |
| Target Word Count | 50,000 |
| Target ~ Words/Day | 1,667 |
| Total Words Written | 17538 |
| Words Remaining | 32,462 |
| Current Day | 10 |
| Days Remaining | 21 |
| At this rate, you’ll finish | 26-Nov |
| Words/Day to finish on time | 1,546 |
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