Writing can be a bicycle made of lead. It’s much easier to stop than to start.
I’ve got two quotes that help propel me forward again after I stall out.
One is by the scientist and activist Linus Pauling, who won two Nobel prizes (chemistry; peace):
The way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
The other is by musician, song-writer, and record producer Nick Lowe, who had this motto in the recording studio at Stiff Records:
Bash it out now, tart it up later.
Finally, this comment by jazz great Thelonious Monk to a newer musician gives me courage to try something different:
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