The Writer’s Life

David Price
Nov 1 · 2 min read

“I don’t know much about creative writing programs. But they’re not telling the truth if they don’t teach, one, that writing is hard work and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.”

Doris Lessing

I think this quote can be turned on its head, because if you must have a fully charged personal life you may have to give up your dreams of creating something as…

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David Price

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I occasionally write fiction and also about creativity, loving, language learning and travel. I’m a longtime painter and reader.

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Love, creativity, travel and finding a life direction.

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