chatting outside
the closed eatery –
an owl hoots
Quotable 479
Symbolism exists to adorn and enrich, not to create an artificial sense of profundity.
– Stephen King
haiku 597
late errand –
rotting meat smell
both here and there
Quotable 478
Playing around with symbols, even as a critic, can be a kind of kiddish parlor game. A little of it goes a long way. There are other things of greater value in any novel or story … humanity, character analysis, truth on other levels, etc., etc. Good symbolism should be as natural as breathing … and as unobtrusive.
– Ray Bradbury
haiku 596
clear night sky
becomes veiled
hiding Orion
Quotable 477
Just as “no man is a hero to his valet,” no writer is a hero to his or her proofreader.
– Ben Schott
haiku 595
honking –
geese fly west
out of the rain
Quotable 476
I think one must trust the writing process. Understand that creativity requires nonlinearity and unique associative combinations. Creative people do a lot of trial and error and rarely know where they are going exactly until they get there.
– Scott Barry Kaufman
haiku 594
late-night taco run –
wind sweeps dry leaves
under my car
Quotable 475
[Writers block] isn’t a physical thing – it isn’t a gorilla with a croquet mallet who smashes your hand every time you reach for the keyboard. You can get past it. You think past it. You write past it.
– Chuck Wendig