Writing with voice is writing into which someone has breathed. It has that fluency, rhythm, and liveliness that exist naturally in the speech of most people when they are enjoying a conversation...Writing with real voice has the power to make… — Peter Elbow Copy Share Image
“The real reason that language so often carries magic is because humans have trouble not ascribing special power to it. Language makes so many… — Peter Elbow Copy Share Image
“The real reason that language so often carries magic is because humans have trouble not ascribing special power to it.” — Peter Elbow Copy Share Image
Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out,… — Peter Elbow Copy Share Image
Certainty is rarely if ever possible and we increase the likelihood of getting things wrong if we succumb to the hunger for it. — Peter Elbow Copy Share Image
It is the moment when what was chaos is now seen as having a center of gravity. There is a shape where a moment… — Peter Elbow Copy Share Image
Producing writing is not so much like filling a basin or pool once, but rather getting water to keep flowing through till finally it… — Peter Elbow Copy Share Image
The question for writing then is this: how long are you willing to be unheard? — Peter Elbow Copy Share Image
“I've come to suspect that whenever any ability is difficult to learn and rarely performed well, it's probably because contraries are called for -… — Peter Elbow Copy Share Image
It's an unnecessary burden to try to think of words and also worry at the same time whether they're the right words. — Peter Elbow Copy Share Image
Writing with voice is writing into which someone has breathed. It has that fluency, rhythm, and liveliness that exist naturally in the speech of… — Peter Elbow Copy Share Image
