Newsletter #4: Hazlitt, Fitzgerald, Brontë, Writing and Living, Document Don’t Create
William Hazlitt in 1825 (engraving derived from a chalk sketch by William Bewick)
Three Sentences to Imitate and Study
I.
How fine it is to enter some old town, walled and turreted, just at approach of nightfall, or to come to some straggling village, with the lights streaming through the surrounding gloom; and then, after inquiring for the best entertainment that the place affords, to “take one’s ease at one’s inn!
- William Hazlitt, “On Going a Journey”
II.
We went upstairs, through period bedrooms swathed in rose and lavender silk and vivid with new flowers, through dressing-rooms and poolrooms, and bathrooms, with sunken baths – intruding into one chamber where a disheveled man in pajamas was doing liver exercises on the floor.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
III.
The rainy night had ushered in a misty morning – half frost, half drizzle – and temporary brooks crossed our path, gurgling from the uplands.
- Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
Two Quotes on Writing and Living
I.
"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."
- Benjamin Franklin
II.
"How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live."
- Henry David Thoreau
This Week’s Writing Prompt/Tip
This week I’m sharing an inspirational video from Gary Vaynerchuck, entrepreneur, speaker, and author. In this video Gary passionately talks about the need to document and share your creative journey in order to build an audience and develop awareness for you and your projects. Great video for anyone who wants to get their work “out there” for others to see.
Post your thoughts or reactions to the video in the Comments section below.
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