"I'm just going to write because I can't help it."- Charlotte Brontë


Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Solitude and Participation

Over at SFWA (will I ever sell enough of the right stuff to the right places to become a member?) there’s a neat post about creative habits.

Go read it here.

I like the Nikola Tesla quote: “The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone—that is the secret of invention: be alone, that is when ideas are born.”

But then, of course, to balance the equation, you need to get out and have coffee (make mine tea) with friends, go horse riding, or toddle off to Continuum 7 this upcoming long weekend.

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