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Wendy Parciak's avatar

I particularly love Carl Sandburg's!

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Ramona Grigg's avatar

I know! There are others who would agree with him. LOL.

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Teri Bayus's avatar

These are wonderful. My favorite quote is, “There are only 3 rules for writing a novel. Too bad no one knows what they are.”

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Ramona Grigg's avatar

Love it! Do you know who said it? Maybe I'll include it next time.

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Teri Bayus's avatar

Somerset Maugham

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Ramona Grigg's avatar

Thanks!

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Robyn Norman's avatar

I'm still smiling ❤️

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26thAvenuePoet (Elizabeth)'s avatar

These are all great, and the Emerson quote at the end is p.r.i.c.e.l.e.s.s.

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Ramona Grigg's avatar

It was! And it was there for the taking. As if it were just waiting there for me to pluck it out and put it in the perfect place.

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Medha Murtagh's avatar

Yes please to more of this!

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Tamzin's avatar

The jotting is simple, but the occurring is the hard part 🤣 love these. And this particular quote is pretty much the topic of my last Substack post! https://tamzin.substack.com/p/when-the-tap-runs-dry

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Freya J Morris's avatar

I love: I’m a lousy writer; a helluva lot of people have bad taste. —Grace Metalious

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Ramona Grigg's avatar

Yup. This one just fried me!

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Jamie Wohletz's avatar

I’m banking on the same kind of luck 😂

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L. Hoover, Writer's avatar

As much as I love advice I really loved this post so much. ☺️

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De's avatar

Yes Ramona this was fun and I laughed out loud too 😄 One writes a Hit and same way they write a flop ... great insight

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Donna McArthur's avatar

Thank you Ramona! What a wonderful (true, insightful🤣) list. Entertaining and thought provoking at once, a great way to start my day. Hard to choose a favourite.

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Victoria Moss's avatar

Love all these

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Glenn Cook's avatar

You have to love when something comes together like this. Truly enjoyed it.

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Karl Straub's avatar

It was nice to be reminded about jon winokur, whose books I used to love. Also-- you’re officially the first person on substack who I’ve seen mentioning Leacock. So-- subscribing.

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Ramona Grigg's avatar

Nice! Thank you. But I thought Leacock was pretty well known. He was the humorist's humorist of his time.

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Karl Straub's avatar

Yes, agreed, but his fame peaked out in 1925. I only know about him because I read that Groucho Marx was a fan.

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Blessed To Be's avatar

Maybe I've been right not to advertise the fact of my being a wri(...you know).

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Ramona Grigg's avatar

😂😉😏

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