Monday, June 12, 2006

Monday, 12 June 2006 - A writer's struggles

Dear God:

Today, I am thankful for a writer's struggles.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
~Samuel Johnson

Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.
~William Zinsser

When I'm wearing my writer's hat, I embrace all the struggles of my craft. On a good day, I'll produce five or six well-written paragraphs for "the book" or one finished poem. Most days, I end up with pages of "stuff" - sentence and paragraph fragments that, hopefully, will soon inspire a best-selling book.

For this blessing, I am grateful.

Amen.

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