Dorothea Brande
Dorothea Brande
Dorothea Brandewas a well-respected writer and editor in New York...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
success impossible failing
Act as though it is impossible to fail.
inspirational frustration faces
All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success.
simple healthy routine
Most writers flourish greatly on a simple, healthy routine with occasional time off for gaiety.
different able facets
The most enviable writers are those who, quite often unanalytically and unconsciously, have realized that there are different facets to their nature and are able to live and work with now one, now the other ...
women feelings outcomes
In matching your wits against yourself you take on the shrewdest and wiliest antagonist you can have, and consequently a victorious outcome in this duel of wits brings a great feeling of triumph.
aids force unforeseen
Act boldly and unforeseen forces will come to your aid.
writing mind arms
Hitch your unconscious mind to your writing arm.
positive impossible failing
Act as if it were impossible to fail.
character artist two
Most of the methods of training the conscious side of the writer-the craftsman and the critic in him- are actually hostile to the good of the artist's side; and the converse of this proposition is likewise true. But it is possible to train both sides of the character to work in harmony, and the first step in that education is to consider that you must teach yourself not as though you were one person, but two.
believe writing unique
If you can discover what you like, if you can discover what you truly believe about most of the major matters of life, you will be able to write a story which is honest and original and unique.
running rejection feelings
Criticism and rejection are not personal insults, but your artistic component will not know that. It will quiver and wince and run to cover, and you will have trouble in luring it out again to observe and weave tales and find words for all the thousand shades of feeling that go to make up a story.
inspirational imagination over-you
By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment.
self bears unhappiness
There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to grow.
act break impossible inertia necessary spell
All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is to -- act as if it were impossible to fail.