The Life of a Writer

Posted on July 17, 2018 by mitchteemley

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“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.” ~E.L. Doctorow

    “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ~Maya Angelou

“Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. As you get older, you become more skillful at casting them.” ~Gore Vidal

“I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I’m afraid of.” ~Joss Whedon

“There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they’ll take you.” ~Beatrix Potter

“We write to taste life twice.” ~Anaïs Nin

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68 Responses to The Life of a Writer

  1. joyroses13 says:
    July 17, 2018 at 4:05 pm

    LOL! Good comic! Great quotes, I think I like Beatrix Potter’s one the best!
    I often write the beginning of a story not knowing how it’s going to end!

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  2. Robin Gilbert Luftig says:
    July 17, 2018 at 4:21 pm

    Reblogged this on Robin Luftig and commented:
    Thanks, Mitch, for sharing a glimpse into the life of a writer. It’s clearly share-worthy.

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  3. Vigour of Film Lines says:
    July 17, 2018 at 4:46 pm

    Great quotes! Would you agree that as one writes a novel, in the process creating the characters and unraveling their destinies, the writer discovers himself – as Beatrix Potter says in your quote. We are not (unconsciously) striving toward “know thyself”, but “discover thyself”. That is, in my opinion, the beauty of writing, the unknown comes to light and we tend to find many hidden treasures which would otherwise remain hidden.

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  4. sniderjerry says:
    July 17, 2018 at 4:57 pm

    RIGHT ON! WRITE ON! JERRY

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  5. neelstoria says:
    July 17, 2018 at 5:22 pm

    Wow. That’s a great collection.

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  6. John S says:
    July 17, 2018 at 5:53 pm

    Hi Mitch, are you going to show up at the 50th get together?  I will be.  I have sign up to take two free, I am always into free, online seminars from Ted Deker on being an author.  They are about 30 minutes and the first one somewhat reminded me of what you sent out.  We all have a book maybe books within us, some just put it in print.  I am getting inspired to think about this more after hearing his first seminar.  The free ones are set up, I am sure , to have you pay for his other seminars, which I may.   Thanks for keeping me on your email list, I do not always respond back but I do check them out. John 

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    • mitchteemley says:
      July 17, 2018 at 6:42 pm

      Hi brother, good to hear from you. No, unfortunately we’ll be in the midst of shooting my next film during the reunion. Give my love to everyone. Write that book!

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  7. Relax... says:
    July 17, 2018 at 6:24 pm

    🙂 The quotes are priceless, but the comic is hilarious.

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  8. Terri, Reclaiming Hope says:
    July 17, 2018 at 6:46 pm

    Love the quotes Mitch, but I like the comic even more!😄

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  9. Erika Kind says:
    July 17, 2018 at 3:24 pm

    Awesome quotes, all of them. The last one is just so true. I experienced this when I wrote my book and experienced each chapter live again.

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  10. SarahC says:
    July 17, 2018 at 3:27 pm

    Yup good comic… Sometimes talking to myself on blog lol

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  11. worrylessjourney says:
    July 17, 2018 at 4:07 pm

    Love the graphic. I feel this way a lot.

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  12. kakymc says:
    July 17, 2018 at 5:03 pm

    The comic made me smile and cringe at the same time. I can relate! Great quotes!

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  13. M.B. Henry says:
    July 17, 2018 at 5:46 pm

    Oh I love them. 🙂 Also love the comic – but fear not little worm. It’s perfectly acceptable for writers to talk to themselves!

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  14. lynnabbottstudios says:
    July 17, 2018 at 6:20 pm

    What inspiring quotes, Mitch! I love these! And the worm talking to himself? Hilarious analogy! 🙂

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  15. Dymoon says:
    July 17, 2018 at 7:43 pm

    lol great funny!

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  16. cricketmuse says:
    July 17, 2018 at 8:56 pm

    wonderful mix of quotes!

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  17. candidkay says:
    July 17, 2018 at 8:59 pm

    Thank you for the reminders! I write because I must . . . even on the days it drives me crazy:).

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  18. Nancy Massand says:
    July 17, 2018 at 10:25 pm

    After a looking day of writing, I totally get the work. So funny. Liked your whole concept here!

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  19. Crissy says:
    July 17, 2018 at 11:25 pm

    This is so good!

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  20. Christopher Lindsay says:
    July 19, 2018 at 11:21 am

    I tweeted the Joss Whedon quote. Thanks!

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  21. thesoberspotlight says:
    July 20, 2018 at 7:52 am

    How adorably put!

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  22. thomastomthomas457801825 says:
    July 21, 2018 at 6:23 am

    I love this!!

    I have attached a link to my recent blog.

    Great write up. Hope to communicate soon.
    T

    https://thomastomthomas457801825.wordpress.com/2018/07/19/the-world-is-your-oyster/

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  23. gpavants says:
    July 21, 2018 at 9:43 pm

    Mitch,

    Always great stuff! I really connect wiyh Joss Whedon’s quote.

    Thank you,

    Gary

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  24. Iskarius says:
    July 23, 2018 at 10:00 am

    I agree with this. Thank you for sharing.

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  25. robinleeann says:
    August 1, 2018 at 1:00 am

    I love this comic! The quotes are wonderful and relatable as well. Another writer quote I love is: “Writers see the world differently. Every voice we hear, every face we see, every hand we touch could become story fabric.” I believe Buffy Andrews said that one.

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  26. Lynn Thaler says:
    August 8, 2018 at 5:26 pm

    The quote by Maya Angelou is one of my favorite. I write to get my story out to the world.

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  27. Nathalie Daux says:
    August 9, 2018 at 11:15 am

    The mix of quotes really is perfect…but nothing beats the worm talking to himself. THAT encompasses writing perfectly.

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  28. Nazma Khan says:
    August 10, 2018 at 11:40 am

    i’m new in writing and reading world …. actually offically bcz i’m doing this since my childhood but never express thiz to world.. and yeah! your intro. is fab. and connencting too.

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  30. spike says:
    August 13, 2018 at 8:58 am

    Such wonderful, inspirational quotes! Thank you! 🙂

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  31. idealideas says:
    August 15, 2018 at 10:08 pm

    Great quotes! Liked especially the last one 🙂

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  32. WallyJay says:
    August 16, 2018 at 10:10 am

    Great post!

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  33. Gul Afroz says:
    August 19, 2018 at 6:00 am

    A bunch of great quotes.. ❤

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  34. I am Bella says:
    August 21, 2018 at 5:58 pm

    i love to write, its my stress reliever on a very busy day… 🙂

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  35. Ms. Ena says:
    August 25, 2018 at 12:31 pm

    I love these quotes!!

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  36. Hannah Truelove says:
    August 28, 2018 at 10:10 am

    I think it scares my husband sometimes how strange my imagination is- I think a natural story teller does develop a form of D.I.D. and lives with a myriad of personalities in their mind waiting to bust out!

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  37. Curiously-curious says:
    August 28, 2018 at 5:40 pm

    Great quotes to get you thinking 🙂

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  38. Curiously-curious says:
    August 28, 2018 at 6:43 pm

    They are inspiring quotes and very appropriate to

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  39. Ashley Green says:
    August 30, 2018 at 12:59 am

    A spectacular post, and all very true. I can relate to quite a lot of these.

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  40. RS says:
    September 3, 2018 at 3:13 am

    Great post! Keep it up!

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  41. Alex Sarll says:
    September 6, 2018 at 12:22 pm

    This post has just made my day! Schizophrenic, and trying to make it as a writer. Full time support worker and professional dreamer 🙂

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  43. sumin ahn says:
    September 11, 2018 at 12:47 pm

    Hoping to be better writer someday!

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  44. faeriefiles53 says:
    September 11, 2018 at 2:00 pm

    Wonderful compilation. 🙂

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  45. iflexonthefirstdate says:
    September 13, 2018 at 8:20 pm

    It really does allow us to live life in such a beautiful way. <3

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  46. Dimuthu Wijethilake says:
    September 19, 2018 at 2:01 pm

    Life is full of surprises. It is very happy to share them with others by writing as someone will oneday learn something from them. awsome explanations ☺

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