Comments on: Story and Inspiration-And Especially Self-Discipline http://www.joyjordanlake.com/story-and-inspiration-and-also-self-discipline/ Writing in the Midst of Real Life Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:57:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tabatha Wesley http://www.joyjordanlake.com/story-and-inspiration-and-also-self-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Tabatha Wesley Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:34:48 +0000 http://www.joyjordanlake.com/?p=444#comment-16 Joy & friends: Here's another quote on writing that arrived in my email this morning. I just love Emerson! :) "Two sorts of writers possess genius: those who think, and those who cause others to think." Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) Joy & friends:
Here’s another quote on writing that arrived in my email this morning. I just love Emerson! :)

“Two sorts of writers possess genius: those who think, and those who cause others to think.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)

]]> By: Emily Zambon http://www.joyjordanlake.com/story-and-inspiration-and-also-self-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Emily Zambon Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:07:12 +0000 http://www.joyjordanlake.com/?p=444#comment-15 I find the quote by Michelangelo really interesting. He is not someone I think of as having to work at his craft. I have always thought, at least when it comes to painting, that it is more about talent than practice. Thanks for sharing! I find the quote by Michelangelo really interesting. He is not someone I think of as having to work at his craft. I have always thought, at least when it comes to painting, that it is more about talent than practice. Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Tabatha Wesley http://www.joyjordanlake.com/story-and-inspiration-and-also-self-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Tabatha Wesley Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:59:02 +0000 http://www.joyjordanlake.com/?p=444#comment-13 Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. ~William Wordsworth I just had to share this one...it is why I wrote when I was a teenager, to let my heart breathe lest it suffocate by holding everything in without release. Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. ~William Wordsworth

I just had to share this one…it is why I wrote when I was a teenager, to let my heart breathe lest it suffocate by holding everything in without release.

]]> By: Dolores Cabler http://www.joyjordanlake.com/story-and-inspiration-and-also-self-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Dolores Cabler Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:14:00 +0000 http://www.joyjordanlake.com/?p=444#comment-10 Joy, These quotes give me a lot of hope. They add a much needed level of realism for me. It is the hope that if I work hard enough, if I dedicate myself to do what it takes, then just perhaps I can be successful. The issue now becomes what do I consider successful and how much do I want it; which is where my focus should be and not revolving around the fear of knowing that I have absolutely no natural ability what so ever. -Dolores Joy,
These quotes give me a lot of hope. They add a much needed level of realism for me. It is the hope that if I work hard enough, if I dedicate myself to do what it takes, then just perhaps I can be successful. The issue now becomes what do I consider successful and how much do I want it; which is where my focus should be and not revolving around the fear of knowing that I have absolutely no natural ability what so ever.
-Dolores

]]> By: Colleen Costea http://www.joyjordanlake.com/story-and-inspiration-and-also-self-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Colleen Costea Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:48:50 +0000 http://www.joyjordanlake.com/?p=444#comment-8 Joy, I love all of these inspirational quotes, especially. I can really relate to Chesterton's advice to put the seat of my pants to the seat of my chair...finding the time to do this (at least lately) has been the most difficult, but when I do find the time, I find that I have a lot to say! "You can't wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club," sounds to me like something you might say. Great site! Joy,
I love all of these inspirational quotes, especially. I can really relate to Chesterton’s advice to put the seat of my pants to the seat of my chair…finding the time to do this (at least lately) has been the most difficult, but when I do find the time, I find that I have a lot to say!
“You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club,” sounds to me like something you might say.

Great site!

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