RMC-SCBWI

Went to a great SCBWI conference this weekend in Lakewood, and I attended a wonderful session on "Nurturing a passion for stories." Following are some of the snippets I wrote down as the wonderful presenter was speaking.

Writing is the discovery of the hidden potential in people's hearts.

While our addictions diminish us, our passions enlarge us.

We all write about what we love. Love is about what you are going to give up for someone else.

Writing makes us larger because we are sharing and growing.

...the holy longing for something we don't have.

Enchant the reader.

You know the old joke about someone dying, and he gets to heaven, and God says, "How did you like my book?" What he really might say is, "How did you like my world?" and that's what writers always want to know when someone reads their stories.

How did you like my world?

The color of your thought dyes your soul. The color of your soul dyes your world.

The most important ingredients in children's literature are hope and joy.

To name someone is the first act of loving them.

No act of writing is ever wasted.

You don't need to be God to create.

Creativity is like the story of the magic well: it never ran dry so long as the people kept putting the ladle in to draw up water.

inspire — to breathe life into

That which we cannot see is just as important as what we can see.

We are the myth makers.

Americans are obsessed with what we put into our bodies, but we should be equally obsessed with what we put into our souls.

Make your very flesh a poem.