What is "Doom Eager"?

Lorrie Moore, from "Better and Sicker"
"Martha Graham speaks of the Icelandic term "doom eager" to denote that ordeal of isolation, restlessness, caughtness and artistic experiences when he or she is sick with an idea. When a writer is doom eager, the writing won't be sludge on the page; it will give readers -- and the writer, of course, is the very first reader -- an experience they've never had before, or perhaps a little and at last the words for an experience they have."

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Making Money as a Writing Mentor

Still suffering with a burned hand today and plagued with a bout of procrastinitis, it seems like a good day for a writer's quotation about the difficulties of writing. This one's from Thomas Mann:
A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.


If writing comes easy for you and you'd like to mentor others in the craft, check out this EHow article, How to Be A Paid Writing Mentor.
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