Comments on: 09/06/14 – Write Or Die http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=4431 Tue, 20 May 2025 03:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Pete Rogan http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=4431&cpage=1#comment-20150 Pete Rogan Sat, 06 Sep 2014 18:37:24 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=4431#comment-20150 When Robert Louis Stevenson taught writing, he would say that the students who made his heart sink were those who, when asked why they wanted to write poetry, would reply, "Because I have Something to Say." The most promising students were those who said, "I like to play with words." I think you don't even need to want to create. You just need to feel the need to play. With that... I'm back to my Kenner Construction Set. When Robert Louis Stevenson taught writing, he would say that the students who made his heart sink were those who, when asked why they wanted to write poetry, would reply, “Because I have Something to Say.”

The most promising students were those who said, “I like to play with words.”

I think you don’t even need to want to create. You just need to feel the need to play. With that… I’m back to my Kenner Construction Set.

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