Friday, April 12, 2013

King's Speech: K is for KEEP

Regular readers of The Shellshank Redemption know how much I enjoy a good quote (see Motivational Mondays) and that I’m a huge fan of Stephen King (see the King of All Days Part I and Part II.) So, for the 2013 A-Z Challenge, I decided to combine the two, using some of my favorite King quotes about reading, writing and life in general. Enjoy!

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For Madeline - KEEP Writing!
(Stephen King)

This is what Stephen King wrote in my copy of On Writing years ago. Yes, I know he probably writes the same thing in everyone’s copy, but I don’t care. It gave me the encouragement and boost of creative energy I needed back then.

And it still does. 

17 comments:

  1. Yeah, who cares if he writes that for everyone. Coming from King, it's way cool.

    I met one of my favorite writers, Jess Walter, and he signed "write like the wind." It's kind of silly, but I like it.

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  2. If he had written something like that to me on anything, I would've photocopied it and wallpapered the walls of my office with it.

    Keep writing...that's the best thing any of us can do.

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  3. That's really cool you met him and got an autograph!

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  4. Tim - I don't think that's silly at all!

    MJ - now that's not a bad idea... :)

    Alex - oh, yeah!

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  5. I'm jealous!!! I'd love to have him sign my copy :)

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  6. What a novel idea for you A to Z! I will have to go back and read them all!

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  7. Kate - I was very lucky! :)

    Kathy - thank you! I hope you enjoy the rest of them.

    Connie - isn't it?! :)

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  8. Ahaha not to everyone. Or there's a Tom out there going "Who's Madeline?"

    Seriously. I am totally jealous you have an autographed copy.

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  9. Michael - we all have to keep going. :)

    Jai - ha ha! :) Believe me, I know how lucky I am.

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  10. So very awesome to have that (even if lots of others may have something similar written in theirs)!

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  11. Well, that was a very cool quote!

    It must have been exciting to meet him. I would have been thrilled. I love his book, but there's no autograph in my copy.

    Barbara
    Kitchen and Kinfolk
    The Daille-y News

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  12. Lexie - I think so, too. ;)

    Barbara - I was thrilled enough for all of us. :)

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  13. I would love to have an On Writing book with that on it! That's totally awesome. :)

    Have a great weekend, Madeline!

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  14. That's awesome!

    I got to talk to Robert Cormier on the phone. We talked about a couple of his books, and he told me that moving forward and writing (even if it's bad) is the only way to hone your craft.

    These days, I allow myself to write terrible stuff...especially if I'm doing NaNo

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  15. Julie - have a great weekend yourself! :)

    Jay - I think the moving forward is the key - with most things in life, including writing. If we don't, we just get stuck in whatever it is.

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