Quote of the Day: Imagination vs. Will

July 14th, 2005

In mental effort we are likely to go still more widely astray from some childish notion that it is laudable to exert that “slow, dead heave of the will” as often as possible. But in changing habits, you will find yourself getting your results far more quickly and with less “backwas” if you engage your imagination in the process instead of calling out the biggest gun of your character equipment first.

Becoming a Writer, Dorothea Brande

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