When I visit schools and talk to students about writing, I give them one word of advice and I give it to them quickly and loudly-FINISH! Starting something is easier than finishing it. You must have discipline to go from a few sentences, to a few paragraphs, to a piece of writing that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Finishing something bridges the difference between someone who has talent and one who does not. My best advice? Apply the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair-and finish. FINISH!
Talk was like the vitamins of our friendship: Large daily doses kept it healthy. - E. L. Konigsburg
Talk was like the vitamins of our friendship: Large daily doses kept it healthy.
- E. L. Konigsburg
It often takes more courage to be a passenger than a driver. - E. L. Konigsburg
It often takes more courage to be a passenger than a driver.
Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place, but there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around. - E. L. Konigsburg
Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place, but there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around.
Silence does for thinking what a suspension bridge does for space -- it makes connections. - E. L. Konigsburg
Silence does for thinking what a suspension bridge does for space -- it makes connections.
Lying in bed just before going to sleep is the worst time for organized thinking; it is the best time for free thinking. Ideas drift like clouds in a… - E. L. Konigsburg
Lying in bed just before going to sleep is the worst time for organized thinking; it is the best time for free thinking. Ideas drift like clouds in a…
I am convinced that not only do children need children's books to fine-tune their brains, but our civilization needs them if we are not going to unpl… - E. L. Konigsburg
I am convinced that not only do children need children's books to fine-tune their brains, but our civilization needs them if we are not going to unpl…
Biding one's time is a very different thing from patience. - E. L. Konigsburg
Biding one's time is a very different thing from patience.
When you hug someone, you learn something else about them. An important something else. - E. L. Konigsburg
When you hug someone, you learn something else about them. An important something else.
Often the search proves more profitable than the goal. - E. L. Konigsburg
Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.
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