Quotation of the Week: Joyce Carol Oates
“Novels begin not on the page, but in meditation and day-dreaming, in thinking not writing.”
–Joyce Carol Oates
Source: @TatianadeRosnay
(I find this particular quotation reassuring at the moment. How about you?)
Very timely. I’ve been fretting over the fact that I still have only notes to show for the novel I’m supposedly “writing.” It’s only been a few months since the idea came to me, and everybody has different timelines for different projects, but this reassures me that all this day-dreaming & imaging I’m doing–off the page–still is productive work. Thanks for posting! JCO was one of my earliest favorite literary writers.
Sarah, I’m so glad that the quotation resonates. Good luck with the novel!