from the NYPL: authors share their writing tips
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/10/20/authors-share-best-writing-tips?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral
something nice from Gao Xingjian
"It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth."
Another reason to love notebooks
"Typing is fast. Handwriting is slow. Weirdly, that's precisely why handwriting is better suited to learning."
http://www.businessinsider.com/handwriting-helps-you-learn-2014-12