ETH AINA'S CREATIVE ISLAND.

Writers feel the grammar rather than knowing it. This comes from good reading. If you read enough, the grammar will come.

~ COLUM McCANN

My writing is a process of rewriting, of going back and changing and filling in. In the rewriting process you discover what’s going on, and you go back and bring it up to that point. Sometimes you’ll just push through, indicate a scene or a character, leave a space, then go back later and fill it in.

JOAN DIDION

Most of us live in a condition of secrecy: secret desires, secret appetites, secret hatreds and relationship with the institutions which is extremely intense and uncomfortable. These are, to me, a part of the ordinary human condition. So I don’t think I’m writing about abnormal things… Artists, in my experience, have a very little centre. They fake. They are not the real thing. They are spies. I am no exception. ~JOHN LE CARRÉ

I have myself always been terrified of plagiarism—of being accused of it, that is. Every writer is a thief, though some of us are more clever than others at disguising our robberies. The reason writers are such slow readers is that we are ceaselessly searching for things we can steal and then pass off as our own: a natty bit of syntax, a seamless transition, a metaphor that jumps to its target like an arrow shot from an aluminium crossbow. ~JOSEPH EPSTEIN

Not every day will you have your best writing stuff. Some days you just don’t feel like writing. Take a break, recharge, take a walk. But if you can, write anyways and be less hard on yourself. Sometimes wonderful jewels of writing show up when you least expect them. #amwriting

“Writing is like building a house with bricks; you can set your story up anyway you want, one word at a time, and finally when you’re done you invite someone in.” -Nanette L. Avery #amwriting Keep Writing.

Writing doesn’t mean necessarily putting words on a sheet of paper. You can write a chapter while walking or eating.
UMBERTO ECO

#amwriting #writerslife

Who is my mother?

She is a priceless entity – an eternal blessing

The biggest fish I ever caught and will ever catch

When I was a youngster – She had sleepless nights

And she knew all the lullabies.

Saying my panegyric is one of her hobbies

Growing up, she did a lot of things so that I won’t suffer

Many a time she would not eat

If I refused to eat.

She did a lot of herculean tasks because

she wanted to immortalize her name

By making me a future leader.

She put my feet on the right path because

She never wanted me to go astray

She taught me God’s commandments and

She told me to be an active Christ’s follower

Dear mum,

I’ve plucked out all the exquisite words I have in my dictionary

But failed to find the perfect word to describe your awesomeness

So, if I could I would edit the Bible to add my mother

As the SYNONYM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

My mum is the best.

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Copyright @2019

E.T.H…AINA

All right reserved: no part of the publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any forms or by any means, electronically, photocopy, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the poet – E.T.H…Aina (hercules_temitope@yahoo.com) +2348184171204

“Each of your characters in a novel should have a personal agenda or thing that the reader can hold on to. With a path that they alone are traveling, along with the one for the plot.” -Wrtr #amwriting #amediting #Writing.

Your gift to you as an author is you being able to create and read your story as you write it. Your gift to the reader is making sure it is edited and written so well it shines, so they can read it. #amwriting #amediting

#BeWriting.