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Todd Mitchell
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Cool writing quote of the day
For all you writers out there, this is from Robert McKee, the guru of story:
"Life teaches that the measure of the value of any human desire is in direct proportion to the risk involved in its pursuit. ...For we not only create stories as metaphors for life, we create them as metaphors for meaningful life —and to live meaningfully is to be at perpetual risk."
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"Life teaches that the measure of the value of any human desire is in direct proportion to the risk involved in its pursuit. ...For we not only create stories as metaphors for life, we create them as metaphors for meaningful life —and to live meaningfully is to be at perpetual risk."
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The Secret to Lying
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The Last Panther
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Backwards
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The Traitor King
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The Namer of Spirits
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Breakthrough: How to Overcome Doubt, Fear and Resistance to Be Your Ultimate Creative Self
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The Last Panther
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Sculpture Beyond the Process
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For me, one of the greatest joys of reading is being transported by a book not just into another life, but another country. The Alchemy of Flowers does this extraordinarily well. Right from the opening chapter, I felt drawn into Eloise's life, and th ...more |
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"Chronicler awoke refreshed the following morning, and he walked down to the bar at the Waystone Inn awaiting Kvothe’s arrival to finish the story he had told the past two days. But as the day wore on, and the hours turned from morning until noon unti"
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"Now that we are settled in the cottage (the cottage! the cottage! the cottage I love so much!), it was time to face The Rest of My Life. Which means: if I have this beautiful writing nook, I needed to start actually writing in it.
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Not only did Three Keys transport me to three diverse settings so effectively that I felt like I'd gone on vacation, I also felt like I got to fully inhabit another life (which is an incredible gift!). I greatly appreciate how honestly and deeply Thr ...more |
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A whirlwind YA novel that combines everything I love—characters I can't help but root for, fiery relationships, and mind-bending concepts—into a fast-paced, lyrically written sci-fi adventure. This is a book that people will be talking about. Note: I' ...more |
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| A novel that's at once fresh, experimental, and riveting. Playing with Wildfire engages some of the central questions of our time (especially for those living in the West) through multiple points of view (including animal and mountain perspectives). ...more | |
“It was the people who tried to seem normal all the time who were really messed up”
― The Secret to Lying
― The Secret to Lying
“Most people would call me incompetent, clumsy, flawed..."
"A pearl is a flaw. A diamond is an accident of nature. In all of creation, there's nothing more precious than the unexpected deviation.”
― A Flight of Angels
"A pearl is a flaw. A diamond is an accident of nature. In all of creation, there's nothing more precious than the unexpected deviation.”
― A Flight of Angels
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I'm new to Goodreads. Still trying to figure out how this all works, so if I do something silly, please don't taunt me too much.Take care,
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