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Qi: I’ve never been able to force a novel.I…
by Chung Nguyen-Le
The “Quote Inspirational series” features great quotes – providing little nuggets of inspiration, motivation, insight and humour for you and your writing. “Qi” in traditional oriental cultures broadly translates as ‘energy flow’, and I hope that the ‘Quote inspirational’ series energises you and your writing.
I’ve never been able to force a novel. I always had the sense something being given to me. You can’t sit around and wait until inspiration strikes, but neither can you force into being something that isn’t there
Margaret Laurence
Profile: Margaret Laurence at Wikipedia