Quotes by Fennel Hudson, A Writer's Year - Fennel's Journal - No. 3

“Walk free from the long shadows cast by small people.”

“What I am interested in, what I write and care about, exists in the slow lane, somewhere between hand-ploughed fields and a pint of real ale.”

“Eyesight can be so blinding. We need to look beyond the face of things.”

“Theres no such thing as writers block, so long as youve had plenty of time to think about what you want to write.”

“The process of creation begins way before one starts writing.”

“I needed some space to lay myself out, so that I could decide which pieces I wanted to pick up.”

“Sentiments, as I have found, can be harvested from places where our memories are fondest.”

“Confront the page that taunts you with its whiteness. Face your enemy and fill it with words. You are bigger and stronger than a piece of paper.”

“Writing ink is the magic that allows nothing to become something. It catches the fleeting idea and seeks out the glances of those who wish to see. Even a random ink splat will mean something to som...”

“Look back, but never look down.”

“The pen that was once a gift has come to represent all that I hope to achieve.”

“Never interrupt an author when he or she is in the zone, else youll understand the real meaning of writers nib.”

“Being an author is to have a toe in the creative pool and a foot in the vat of commerce.”

“Editing ones writing is as easy as lighting a match while riding a bicycle.”

“If a pen can communicate our thoughts, dreams, and emotions and be the voice of our soul, then ink is the medium that carries the message.”

“A pen that has clocked up a million words, a lifetimes memories, is worth more than the centrepiece in a jewellers window.”

“Imagination is the real magic that exists in this world. Look inwards, to see outwards. And capture it in writing.”

“Where the writing takes place doesnt matter to a publisher, but it matters a great deal to the author.”

“What compels me to write now is the same as all those years ago. It is the love of writing and storytelling, driven by a desire to escape.”

“A consultant: someone brought in to build a one-handled wheelbarrow.”