Writing Schedule: Jan 1, 2017-Jan 7, 2017 You have to be able to make a real creative life for yourself before you can expect anyone else to provide one readymade for you. - Sylvia Plath Sun, Jan 1 Mon, Jan 2 Tues, Jan 3 Wed, Jan 4 Thu, Jan 5 Fri, Jan 6 Sat, Jan 7 1 1
Writing Schedule: Jan 8, 2017 - Jan 14, 2017 "The very reason I write is so that I might not sleepwalk through my entire life." - Zadie Smith Sun, Jan 8 Mon, Jan 9 Tue, Jan 10 Wed, Jan 11 Thu, Jan 12 Fri, Jan 13 Sat, Jan 14 1 1
Writing Schedule: Jan 15, 2017 - Jan 21, 2017 "If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down." - Toni Morrison Sun, Jan 15 Mon, Jan 16 Tue, Jan 17 Wed, Jan 18 Thu, Jan 19 Fri, Jan 20 Sat, Jan 21 1 1
Writing Schedule: Jan 22, 2017 - Jan 28, 2017 "A book is a dream that you hold in your hands." - Neil Gaiman Sun, Jan 22 Mon, Jan 23 Tue, Jan 24 Wed, Jan 25 Thu, Jan 26 Fri, Jan 27 Sat, Jan 28 1 1
Writing Schedule: Jan 29, 2017 Feb 4, 2017 "Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row." - Ray Bradbury Sun, Jan 29 Mon, Jan 30 Tue, Jan 31 Wed, Feb 1 Thu, Feb 2 Fri, Feb 3 Sat, Feb 4 1 1
Writing Schedule: Feb 5, 2017 Feb 11, 2017 "That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet." - Jhumpa Lahiri Sun, Feb 5 Mon, Feb 6 Tue, Feb 7 Wed, Feb 8 Thu, Feb 9 Fri, Feb 10 Sat, Feb 11 1 1
Writing Schedule: Feb 12, 2017 - Feb 18, 2017 "Don't judge it. Just write it. Don't judge it. It's not for you to judge it." - Philip Roth Sun, Feb 12 Mon, Feb 13 Tue, Feb 14 Wed, Feb 15 Thu, Feb 16 Fri, Feb 17 Sat, Feb 18 1 1
Writing Schedule: Feb 19, 2017 - Feb 25, 2017 "In order to write the book you want to write, in the end you have to become the person you need to become to write that book." - Junot Diaz Sun, Feb 19 Mon, Feb 20 Tue, Feb 21 Wed, Feb 22 Thu, Feb 23 Fri, Feb 24 Sat, Feb 25 1 1
Writing Schedule: Feb 26, 2017 Mar 4, 2017 "A life of writing books is a trying adventure in which you cannot find out where you are unless you lose your way." - Philip Roth Sun, Feb 26 Mon, Feb 27 Tue, Feb 28 Wed, Mar 1 Thu, Mar 2 Fri, Mar 3 Sat, Mar 4 1 1
Writing Schedule: Mar 5, 2017 Mar 11, 2017 "The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who read your books are sick, sad, traveling, in the hospital waiting room while someone is dying. Books are written by the alone for the alone." - Donna Tartt Sun, Mar 5 Mon, Mar 6 Tue, Mar 7 Wed, Mar 8 Thu, Mar 9 Fri, Mar 10 Sat, Mar 11 1 1
Writing Schedule: Mar 12, 2017 - Mar 18, 2017 "When you read a short story, you come out a little more aware and a little more in love with the world around you. What I want is to have the reader come out just 6 percent more awake to the world."- George Saunders Sun, Mar 12 Mon, Mar 13 Tue, Mar 14 Wed, Mar 15 Thu, Mar 16 Fri, Mar 17 Sat, Mar 18 1 1
Writing Schedule: Mar 19, 2017 - Mar 25, 2017 Fiction is the only way I know a human being can inhabit the mind of another human being. - Jhumpa Lahiri Sun, Mar 19 Mon, Mar 20 Tue, Mar 21 Wed, Mar 22 Thu, Mar 23 Fri, Mar 24 Sat, Mar 25 1 1
Writing Schedule: Mar 26, 2017 Apr 1, 2017 Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life. - Maya Angelou Sun, Mar 26 Mon, Mar 27 Tue, Mar 28 Wed, Mar 29 Thu, Mar 30 Fri, Mar 31 Sat, Apr 1 1 1
Writing Schedule: Apr 2, 2017 Apr 8, 2017 "You re alive. That means you have infinite potential. You can do anything, make anything, dream anything." - Neil Gaiman Sun, Apr 2 Mon, Apr 3 Tue, Apr 4 Wed, Apr 5 Thu, Apr 6 Fri, Apr 7 Sat, Apr 8 1 1
Writing Schedule: Apr 9, 2017 - Apr 15, 2017 "As much fun as it is to read a book, writing a book is one level deeper than that." - Donna Tartt Sun, Apr 9 Mon, Apr 10 Tue, Apr 11 Wed, Apr 12 Thu, Apr 13 Fri, Apr 14 Sat, Apr 15 1 1
Writing Schedule: April 16, 2017 - Apr 22, 2017 "Your life is already artful -- waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art." - Toni Morrison Sun, Apr 16 Mon, Apr 17 Tue, Apr 18 Wed, Apr 19 Thu, Apr 20 Fri, Apr 21 Sat, Apr 22 1 1
Writing Schedule: Apr 23, 2017 - Apr 29, 2017 "A poem is an invitation to a voyage. As in life, we travel to see fresh sights." - Charles Simic Sun, Apr 23 Mon, Apr 24 Tue, Apr 25 Wed, Apr 26 Thu, Apr 27 Fri, Apr 28 Sat, Apr 29 1 1
Writing Schedule: Apr 30, 2017 May 6, 2017 "I dream of an art so transparent that you can look through and see the world." - Stanley Kunitz Sun, Apr 30 Mon, May 1 Tue, May 2 Wed, May 3 Thu, May 4 Fri, May 5 Sat, May 6 1 1
Writing Schedule: May 7, 2017 May 13, 2017 "Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul." - Alice Walker Sun, May 7 Mon, May 8 Tue, May 9 Wed, May 10 Thu, May 11 Fri, May 12 Sat, May 13 1 1
Writing Schedule: May 14, 2017 - May 20, 2017 "I wish someone had told me that my stories are really mine to tell. In other words, anything that I think is important or that has moved me has the ability to move somebody else." - Rita Dove Sun, May 14 Mon, May 15 Tue, May 16 Wed, May 17 Thu, May 18 Fri, May 19 Sat, May 20 1 1
Writing Schedule: May 21, 2017 - May 27, 2017 "My characters talk to one another, and when it reaches a certain pitch of excitement I jump out of bed and run and trap them before they are gone." - Ray Bradbury Sun, May 21 Mon, May 22 Tue, May 23 Wed, May 24 Thu, May 25 Fri, May 26 Sat, May 27 1 1
Writing Schedule: May 28, 2017 Jun 3, 2017 "Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you." - Zadie Smith Sun, May 28 Mon, May 29 Tue, May 30 Wed, May 31 Thu, Jun 1 Fri, Jun 2 Sat, Jun 3 1 1
Writing Schedule: Jun 4, 2017 Jun 10, 2017 "The whole culture is telling you to hurry, while the art tells you to take your time. Always listen to the art." - Junot Diaz Sun, Jun 4 Mon, Jun 5 Tue, Jun 6 Wed, Jun 7 Thu, Jun 8 Fri, Jun 9 Sat, Jun 10 1 1
Writing Schedule: Jun 11, 2017 - Jun 17, 2017 "Without imagination we can go nowhere." - Rita Dove Sun, Jun 11 Mon, Jun 12 Tue, Jun 13 Wed, Jun 14 Thu, Jun 15 Fri, Jun 16 Sat, Jun 17 1 1
Writing Schedule: Jun 18, 2017 - Jun 24, 2017 "We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained." - Nikki Giovanni Sun, Jun 18 Mon, Jun 19 Tue, Jun 20 Wed, Jun 21 Thu, Jun 22 Fri, Jun 23 Sat, Jun 24 1 1
Writing Schedule: Jun 25, 2017 - Jul 1, 2017 "A longing for the dance stirs in the buried life." - Stanley Kunitz Sun, Jun 25 Mon, Jun 26 Tue, Jun 27 Wed, Jun 28 Thu, Jun 29 Fri, Jun 30 Sat, Jul 1 1 1
Writing Schedule: Jul 2, 2017 Jul 8, 2017 The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart. - Maya Angelou 1 1 Sun, Jul 2 Mon, Jul 3 Tue, Jul 4 Wed, Jul 5 Thu, Jul 6 Fri, Jul 7 Sat, Jul 8
Writing Schedule: Jul 9, 2017 - Jul 15, 2017 "Love what you do and do what you love. Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it." - Ray Bradbury Sun, Jul 9 Mon, Jul 10 Tue, Jul 11 Wed, Jul 12 Thu, Jul 13 Fri, Jul 14 Sat, Jul 15 1 1
Writing Schedule: Jul 16, 2017 - Jul 22, 2017 Sometimes nothing is so solid to me as writing... - Robert Lowell Sun, Jul 16 Mon, Jul 17 Tue, Jul 18 Wed, Jul 19 Thu, Jul 20 Fri, Jul 21 Sat, Jul 22 1 1
Writing Schedule: Jul 23, 2017 - Jul 29, 2017 "Write a thousand words a day and in three years you'll be a writer!" - Ray Bradbury Sun, Jul 23 Mon, Jul 24 Tue, Jul 25 Wed, Jul 26 Thu, Jul 27 Fri, Jul 28 Sat, Jul 29 1 1
Writing Schedule: Jul 30, 2017 Aug 5, 2017 "I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try." - Nikki Giovanni Sun, Jul 30 Mon, Jul 31 Tue, Aug 1 Wed, Aug 2 Thu, Aug 3 Fri, Aug 4 Sat, Aug 5 1 1
Writing Schedule: Aug 6, 2017 Aug 12, 2017 "The writing is - I'm free from pain. It's the place where I live; it's where I have control; it's where nobody tells me what to do; it's where my imagination is fecund and I am really at my best." - Toni Morrison Sun, Aug 6 Mon, Aug 7 Tue, Aug 8 Wed, Aug 9 Thu, Aug 10 Fri, Aug 11 Sat, Aug 12 1 1
Writing Schedule: Aug 13, 2017 - Aug 19, 2017 "Be what you are. Give what is yours to give. Have style. Dare." - Stanley Kunitz Sun, Aug 13 Mon, Aug 14 Tue, Aug 15 Wed, Aug 16 Thu, Aug 17 Fri, Aug 18 Sat, Aug 19 1 1
Writing Schedule: Aug 20, 2017 - Aug 26, 2017 "I want to write books that unlock the traffic jam in everybody's head." - John Updike Sun, Aug 20 Mon, Aug 21 Tue, Aug 22 Wed, Aug 23 Thu, Aug 24 Fri, Aug 25 Sat, Aug 26 1 1
Writing Schedule: Aug 27, 2017 Sep 2, 2017 "Creativity is a continual surprise." - Ray Bradbury Sun, Aug 27 Mon, Aug 28 Tue, Aug 29 Wed, Aug 30 Thu, Aug 31 Fri, Sep 1 Sat, Sep 2 1 1
Writing Schedule: Sep 3, 2017 Sep 9, 2017 "Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps." - Saul Bellow Sun, Sep 3 Mon, Sep 4 Tue, Sep 5 Wed, Sep 6 Thu, Sep 7 Fri, Sep 8 Sat, Sep 9 1 1
Writing Schedule: Sep 10, 2017 Sep 16, 2017 "Art is not escape, but a way of finding order in chaos, a way of confronting life." - Robert Hayden Sun, Sep 10 Mon, Sep 11 Tue, Sep 12 Wed, Sep 13 Thu, Sep 14 Fri, Sep 15 Sat, Sep 16 1 1
Writing Schedule: Sep 17, 2017 - Sep 23, 2017 "I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it." - Toni Morrison Sun, Sep 17 Mon, Sep 18 Tue, Sep 19 Wed, Sep 20 Thu, Sep 21 Fri, Sep 22 Sat, Sep 23 1 1
Writing Schedule: Sep 24, 2017 - Sep 30, 2017 "Poetry connects you to yourself, to the self that doesn't know how to talk or negotiate." - Rita Dove Sun, Sep 24 Mon, Sep 25 Tue, Sep 26 Wed, Sep 27 Thu, Sep 28 Fri, Sep 29 Sat, Sep 30 1 1
Writing Schedule: Oct 1, 2017 Oct 7, 2017 "Learning how to be a good reader is what makes you a writer." - Zadie Smith Sun, Oct 1 Mon, Oct 2 Tue, Oct 3 Wed, Oct 4 Thu, Oct 5 Fri, Oct 6 Sat, Oct 7 1 1
Writing Schedule: Oct 8, 2017 - Oct 14, 2017 "Writing is not a serious business. It s a joy and a celebration. You should be having fun with it." - Ray Bradbury Sun, Oct 8 Mon, Oct 9 Tue, Oct 10 Wed, Oct 11 Thu, Oct 12 Fri, Oct 13 Sat, Oct 14 1 1
Writing Schedule: Oct 15, 2017 - Oct 21, 2017 "I like the concentration, the crush; I like working with language, as others like working with clay, or notes." - Gwendolyn Brooks Sun, Oct 15 Mon, Oct 16 Tue, Oct 17 Wed, Oct 18 Thu, Oct 19 Fri, Oct 20 Sat, Oct 21 1 1
Writing Schedule: Oct 22, 2017 - Oct 28, 2017 "Face your life, its pain, its pleasure, leave no path untaken." - Neil Gaiman Sun, Oct 22 Mon, Oct 23 Tue, Oct 24 Wed, Oct 25 Thu, Oct 26 Fri, Oct 27 Sat, Oct 28 1 1
Writing Schedule: Oct 29, 2017 Nov 4, 2017 "Perfectionism is the enemy of creation." - John Updike Sun, Oct 29 Mon, Oct 30 Tue, Oct 31 Wed, Nov 1 Thu, Nov 2 Fri, Nov 3 Sat, Nov 4 1 1
Writing Schedule: Nov 5, 2017 Nov 11, 2017 "If you do not push the boundaries, you will never know where they are." - T. S. Eliot Sun, Nov 5 Mon, Nov 6 Tue, Nov 7 Wed, Nov 8 Thu, Nov 9 Fri, Nov 10 Sat, Nov 11 1 1
Writing Schedule: Nov 12, 2017 - Nov 18, 2017 "I want your loves to be multiple. I don't want you to be a snob about anything. Anything you love, you do it." - Ray Bradbury Sun, Nov 12 Mon, Nov 13 Tue, Nov 14 Wed, Nov 15 Thu, Nov 16 Fri, Nov 17 Sat, Nov 18 1 1
Writing Schedule: Nov 19, 2017 - Nov 25, 2017 "Be sure that whatever you are is you." - Theodore Roethke Sun, Nov 19 Mon, Nov 20 Tue, Nov 21 Wed, Nov 22 Thu, Nov 23 Fri, Nov 24 Sat, Nov 25 1 1
Writing Schedule: Nov 26, 2017 Dec 2, 2017 As if no one had ever tried before, try to say what you see and feel and love and lose. - Rainer Maria Rilke Sun, Nov 26 Mon, Nov 27 Tue, Nov 28 Wed, Nov 29 Thu, Nov 30 Fri, Dec 1 Sat, Dec 2 1 1
Writing Schedule: Dec 3, 2017 Dec 9, 2017 "Writing or making anything -- a poem, a bird feeder, a chocolate cake-has self-respect in it. You're working. You're trying. You're not lying down on the ground, having given up." - Sharon Olds Sun, Dec 3 Mon, Dec 4 Tue, Dec 5 Wed, Dec 6 Thu, Dec 7 Fri, Dec 8 Sat, Dec 9 1 1
Writing Schedule: Dec 10, 2017 - Dec 16, 2017 "If what you want to do is make good art, decide what's good and try to imitate it." - Robert Pinksy Sun, Dec 10 Mon, Dec 11 Tue, Dec 12 Wed, Dec 13 Thu, Dec 14 Fri, Dec 15 Sat, Dec 16 1 1
Writing Schedule: Dec 17, 2017 - Dec 23, 2017 "We must use what we have to invent what we desire." - Adrienne Rich Sun, Dec 17 Mon, Dec 18 Tue, Dec 19 Wed, Dec 20 Thu, Dec 21 Fri, Dec 22 Sat, Dec 23 1 1
Writing Schedule: Dec 24, 2017 - Dec 30, 2017 "Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way." - Ray Bradbury Sun, Dec 24 Mon, Dec 25 Tue, Dec 26 Wed, Dec 27 Thu, Dec 28 Fri, Dec 29 Sat, Dec 30 1 1
Writing Schedule: Dec 31, 2017 Jan 6, 2018 "You are who you choose to be." - Ted Hughes Sun, Dec 31 Mon, Jan 1 Tue, Jan 2 Wed, Jan 3 Thu, Jan 4 Fri, Jan 5 Sat, Jan 6 1 1