"Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn’t……" — Helen Dunmore

"Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn’t work, throw it away."

— Helen Dunmore

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38 Quotes by Helen Dunmore

Helen Dunmore has 38 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Finish the day's writing when you still want to continue.
Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn't work, throw it away. It's a nice feeling, and you don't want…
A novel, in the end, is a container, a shape which you are trying to pour your story into.
As individuals, we are shaped by story from the time of birth; we are formed by what we are told…
However, the difficulties and pleasures of the writing itself are similar for a novel with a historical setting and a…
However, I began to submit poems to British magazines, and some were accepted. It was a great moment to see…
I can remember being in my pram: children stayed in their prams much longer then than they do now. A…
I concentrate on the lives of individuals whom the reader comes to know and feel with intimately.
I have learned so much from working with other poets, travelling and reading with them, spending days discussing poems in…
I didn't choose Russia but Russia chose me. I had been fascinated from an early age by the culture, the…
I enjoy research; in fact research is so engaging that it would be easy to go on for years, and…
I was always influenced by language.

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I`m not a slave to a god that doesn`t exist. — Marilyn Manson
The ego is goal-oriented. The ego is hankering for the future. It can hanker even for the other life, it… — Rajneesh
The first step is: accept yourself as you are; drop all shoulds. Don`t carry any ought on your heart! You… — Rajneesh
It’s therapy. It’s just something to do so you’re not lost in your own not-so-nice thoughts, and it’s an opportunity… — Kai Greene
Who doesn’t? I cry and smile every day. I grew up scared, because I was so skinny and had no boobs.… — Kaya Scodelario
It is the cry of the separate self, ‘What about me?’ As long as we keep acting from that place,… — Charles Eisenstein
Joint consumption doesn’t create intimacy, — Charles Eisenstein
Breaking new factual ground is not what Zeitgeist is about, however. Rather, the video is a powerful and fast-acting dose… — Unknown Author
There’s no tipping point where you become what you are. Character development starts when you’re growing up. Your socioeconomic background… — Maurice Clarett
Suggesting evil is human doesn’t mean we can always understand it. — Unknown Author
The reason for forgiving your enemies is not for their benefit but for your own benefit. Holding grudges against other people doesn’t hurt them;… — Brad Blanton
For something to be beautiful it doesn’t have to be pretty. — Rei Kawakubo

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