WRITING OUT OF YOUR SKIN" Writing in the Zone by craig lock Thoughts along the writing journey A collection of writing thoughts and quotes from famous and not-so famous writers to hopefully encourage, uplift and perhaps even "inspire" you down the writing path. One cannot always tell what it is that keeps us shut in, confines us, seems to bury us, but still one feels certain barriers, certain gates, certain walls. is all this imagination, fantasy? I do not think so. And then one asks: My God! Is it for long, is it forever, is it for eternity? Do you know what frees one from this captivity? It is very deep serious affection. Being friends, being brothers, love, that is what opens the prison by supreme power, by some magic force." - Vincent Van Goch, letter to his brother, July 1880 (from Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi) "Suddenly I realised that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was kind of driving by instinct, only I was in a different dimension. I was way over the limit; but still I was able to find even more. It frightened me, because I realised I was well beyond my conscious understanding." - the late, great Ayrton Senna (at the Monaco Grand Prix 1988) Writers, like racing drivers, challenge themselves and their readers in new ways, They find new niches. I want to continually test my own writing "limits", the "boundaries of my imagination." Albert Einstein famously said, "Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions." From www.raceinthezone.wordpress.com and www.writingandformula1.wordpress.com and https: //craigsbooks.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/imagination-is/ "Art is at the highest reach of one's creative imagination." "Your only limits are your own imagination." "Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Leonardo da Vinci once said: "Art is never finished, only abandoned." "All the world will be happier and better, when men and women have the souls of artists, like that of an Ayrton Senna." - craig (as inspired by Rodin's famous words) Writing in the Zone: Thoughts on the Writing Journey from https: //craigsbooks.wordpress.com/2013/11/30/writing-in-the-zone-thoughts-on-the-writing-journey/ "artty-farty/ airey-fairey writer type meets rough handed petrol-head" "When this happens it's the best feeling a driver* can have." * or writer from http: //www.overdrivef1.com/thebook.html "When you're writing there are times when you feel it's a bit of a struggle. However, at other times you're in what is called 'the Zone' and writing just feels effortless. This happens when finding the right words is no longer a struggle; but this heightened state, as with most crafts usually comes with practice. Then words simply flow into your head faster than you can write them down (or can press the keyboard). But you have to really push your writing limits to get this kind of experience. " Then later you look what you've written and think: "Bloody hell. That's good. Did I really write that seemingly without much effort? Wonder where all that came from (a cerebral thing or "outer space?)"!" - A "nony-moose" writer To the sounds of click on http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogPZ5CY9KoM "I'd like to tell you how wonderful I am. I'm an excellent writer. I've won too many awards to list. I've sold a bunch of books. I can do 10 push-ups without a break, and while I can't run a four-minute mile, I can drive it in about a minute and a half..." "Life is far too important (a subject) to be taken too seriously" "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson "Write, create, innovate" and have fun on the journey!
About the Author: SOME OF CRAIG'S THOUGHTS ON THE WRITING JOURNEY: About twenty-five years ago, through a strange set of circumstances and finding himself in a small town near the bottom of the world ....and with nothing else to do, Craig started writing. About 150 books later, this "techno-dummy/bunny" started learning more about the publishing process from his "technoggeek" friend, Bill. He loves sharing "info" on the writing and publishing journey (as well as life experiences) with others "out there"....and that is his motivation in publishing this book. "We share what we know, so that we all may grow." . "I really value words and the power of them to communicate effectively; so in my various stories try to illustrate and then let readers draw their own conclusions about a certain scenario, as well as the characters searching for their own values in an increasingly complex social and political landscape. However, I do feel an obligation to give a complete picture of the situation, which is often not a clear-cut 'black or white' issue (as in South Africa). I never want to proscribe how people should think and feel my only duty as a writer is to be totally honest." - craig "Life is about finding, then following the dream and one's dream/vision comes to reality through believing in yourself, making the commitment and then creating it." All our dreams can come true...if we have the desire (burning), courage, passion, persistence and patience* to pursue them...long enough." -c * the "three pees" from www.craigsquotes.wordpress..com PPS "Together, one mind, one life at a time, let's see how many people we can impact, encourage, empower, uplift and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials."