Sand castles of stories

I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

~ Shannon Hale

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The nets of knowledge

Knowledge is a net that gets denser and stronger as you add new pieces of information to it.

A thin net of knowledge can only catch glittering little fishes of trivial facts. A large and well-developed one captures true whales of wisdom.

Practice

Whatever you do, practice a lot. Practice more, practice excessively and extensively, practice too much and then some. 

Let 'practice' be your mantra, your magic word unlocking the world of mastery.

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On writing

If you write and edit, you're an author.

If you just write, you're a graphomaniac.

The world of clouds

The world of clouds is so shaky and misty, and yet so real in its unreality. 

But the wind will blow, and the mountains and valleys of clouds will be gone forever.

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Sketching

Sketching badly is still better than not sketching at all.

Patience

Patience is like dripping water: it accomplishes really big things in really small steps.

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Three whales of motivation

• Passion 

• Pleasure 

• Seeing a deeper meaning/usefulness in what you do