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December 19, 2015 Leave a Comment

Writing Quotes: Ursula Le Guin on what interests prose writers

Though I dabble in fiction and play with poetry, I’m primarily a prose writer, and I can attest to this quote from Ursula Le Guin: I’m curious about life and concerned about commas…and semicolons (but don’t tell Kurt Vonnegut).

Prose writers are interested mostly in life and commas-Ursula le Guin

“Prose writers are interested mostly in life and commas.”

— Ursula Le Guin

Source: This and many other memorable Ursula Le Guin quotes can be found in Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew, by Ursula K. Le Guin (updated and available in a new edition: Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story). 

You might also enjoy:

  • Ursula Le Guin on Adjectives and Adverbs
  • Browse the growing collection of Writing Quotes

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Book Discussion – The Art of Memoir

The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr - Book DiscussionDo you read or write memoir? If so, you’ll enjoy the book discussion of Mary Karr’s recent release The Art of Memoir. I’m posting a new set of questions on Tuesdays.

Join the conversation Tuesdays at my Facebook page:

  • Preface
  • Chapters 1-3
  • Chapters 4-6
  • Chapters 7-9
  • Chapters 10-12
  • Chapters 13-15
  • Chapters 16-18
  • Chapters 19-21

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