Category Archives: Reading and writing quotes

Poets Live On Their Senses

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Lynette

“I suppose what most people associate with poetry is soul-searching and fiercely held emotions.  We expect the poet to be a monger of intensity, to pain for us, to reach into the campfire so that we can linger in the woods … Continue reading →

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Those of us who read carry around with us a secret knowledge

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Lynette

“What I sought in books was imagination, it was depth, depth of thought and feeling; some sort of extreme of subject matter; some nearness to death; some call to courage.  I myself was getting wild; I wanted wildness, originality, genius, … Continue reading →

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She Who Writes the Story is in Charge of What Happens Next

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Lynette

    “I was in every way a weird and out-of-place child in that school, and though I tried desperately to fit in for a year or two, chopping off my braids and searching the mall for clothes that looked … Continue reading →

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Empathy is at the heart of the novel

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Lynette

“A novel is not an allegory…..it is the sensual experience of another world.  If you don’t enter that world,  hold your breath  with the characters and become involved in their destiny, you won’t be able to empathize,  and empathy is … Continue reading →

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