Writer's Inspiration for NaNoWriMo

Face it: Writing a 50,000 words within a month isn't easy. There might come a time when you've hit a writer's block, or times when you just feel drained. As if it takes every bit of effort just to open that Microsoft Word document.

But sometimes, all we need is a little dose of inspiration to stir our passion and get us back to typing again. And what better way to do that than to remember all the reasons why we love to write?

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"The beautiful part of writing
 is that you don’t have to get it right the first time,
unlike, say, a brain surgeon." 

~Robert Cormier

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"If you stuff yourself full of poems, essays, plays, stories,
novels, films, comic strips, magazines, music,
you automatically explode every morning like Old Faithful.
I have never had a dry spell in my life,
mainly because I feed myself well, to the point of bursting.
I wake early and hear my morning voices
leaping around in my head like jumping beans.
I get out of bed quickly,
to trap them before they escape."

~Ray Bradbury

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"Anything I’ve ever done that ultimately was worthwhile
initially scared me to death."

~Betty Bender

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“Don't worry about what you're writing
or whether it's good
or even whether it makes sense.” 

~Lauren Oliver

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"Writing is a form of therapy;
sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint
can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear
which is inherent in a human situation." 

~Graham Greene

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"And by the way,
everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it,
and the imagination to improvise.
The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt." 

~Sylvia Plath

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"The trick to writer's block is to sack up and write through it, you see." 

~Jeph Jacques

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"All worthy work is open to interpretations
the author did not intend.
Art isn't your pet--it's your kid.
It grows up and talks back to you." 

~Joss Whedon

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"Writing is a job, a talent,
but it's also the place to go in your head.
It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon." 

~Ann Patchet

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"Every first draft is perfect,
because all a first draft has to do is exist." 

~Jane Smiley

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Which of the above quotes is your favorite? Do you have certain writing quotes that you keep on hand during NaNoWriMo?

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