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Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things. Ray Bradbury

I completely agree with you. When I first read that quote, I misunderstood it. After reading it four times over, I finally undeerstood what Bradbury was saying. Thinking is great, but you can't really create when you allow your conscience to...

I completely agree with you. When I first read that quote, I misunderstood it. After reading it four times over, I finally undeerstood what Bradbury was saying. Thinking is great, but you can't really create when you allow your conscience to...

This point is actually on point with one of the first lessons I got from a brilliant writing coach I worked with for a decade. He related it to learning to shoot in a warzone, rock and fire. Don't spend your time aiming, as the results aren't...

This point is actually on point with one of the first lessons I got from a brilliant writing coach I worked with for a decade. He related it to learning to shoot in a warzone, rock and fire. Don't spend your time aiming, as the results aren't...

It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character. Rachel Kushner

Hey Kim. Welcome. But go Dodgers: Threepeat!!!!! ;)

Congrats @Barbara I was neck-and-neck with you for about a day, for which I feel mighty privileged, but in all honesty yours was the best from the start. And I'm more than honoured to share second with @E G Logan I'll never write a political...

Ooooh exciting. Thank you for the votes. And 'well done' to the second, thirds and special mentions. A round of these :clinking-beer-mugs::clinking-glasses::doughnut: is in order.

Winner winner chicken dinner. Well done @Barbara. Excellent opening :wine-glass::wine-glass::bottle-with-popping-cork::bottle-with-popping-cork::bottle-with-popping-cork: And tackling a subject that's so out of your comfort zone, too. ;)

Congrats, Barbara! Great first sentence. I'd buy that book! Especially if they get the president as well... :) Congratulations to all the other winners, too.

I dunno. I mean, 30 books and 600 short stories means he had to stay pretty pacey in his writing, But it's not overwhelming. Now Aasimov, with more than 500 books, he didn't have time for thinking

I dunno. I mean, 30 books and 600 short stories means he had to stay pretty pacey in his writing, But it's not overwhelming. Now Aasimov, with more than 500 books, he didn't have time for thinking

I'm quite sure Shakespeare enjoyed writing Iago much more than he did writing Othello. If you write about someone you love, what the hell are you supposed to say about that person? It's much better to have something between you and your main...

Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things. Ray Bradbury