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title: "7 Beginning Writing Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [I think one is naturally impressed by anything having a beginning a middle and an ending when one is beginning writing and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-stein/i-think-one-is-naturally-impressed-by-anything-having-a-beginning-a/)

[Gertrude Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-stein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/gertrude-stein-667_adolescence_i-think-one-is-naturally-impressed-by-an_310155.jpg)

> [To know that one does not write for the other, to know that these things I am going to write will never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-barthes/to-know-that-one-does-not-write-for-the-other-to-know-that-these/)

[Roland Barthes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-barthes/)

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> [I think at the beginning of one's writing life, negative reviews are what one does to get attention and stake out your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darryl-pinckney/i-think-at-the-beginning-of-one-s-writing-life-negative-reviews-are/)

[Darryl Pinckney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darryl-pinckney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/darryl-pinckney-19796_attention_i-think-at-the-beginning-of-one-s-writin_1426330.png)

> [The idea of writing, to me, was, from the beginning, was writing something which was a little different from the ordinary exchange…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-merwin/the-idea-of-writing-to-me-was-from-the-beginning-was-writing/)

[W. S. Merwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-merwin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a3/w-s-merwin-10641_beginning_the-idea-of-writing-to-me-was-from-the-b_1520919.png)

> [I do labor - it's part of the process. Writing is no easier today than it was in the beginning: writing well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/i-do-labor-it-s-part-of-the-process-writing-is-no-easier-today-than/)

[Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/)

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> [At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-cornwell/at-risk-of-sounding-foully-pompous-i-think-that-writers-groups-are/)

[Bernard Cornwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-cornwell/)

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> [“time. Take a lot of it at the beginning of the writing process. I’m not talking about hours or even days. I’m…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-truby/time-take-a-lot-of-it-at-the-beginning-of-the-writing-process-i-m-not/)

[John Truby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-truby/)

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