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Richard Diedrichs

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Richard Diedrichs grew up in Los Angeles. He edited travel and health magazines in Seattle, worked as an editor at the schools of Engineering and Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley, and then taught Fourth and Fifth grades and Kindergarten in public elementary schools in the San Francisco Bay Area. Richard has published novels, short stories, nonfiction, essays, and children's lit. He currently works as an assistant editor at Narrative Magazine. Richard lives in a beach town on the south central California coast. ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Richard Diedrichs I think writers are compelled to write. We cannot not do it. We will always come back to it. For me, even if I'm stuck, and I'm always kind of stuck …more I think writers are compelled to write. We cannot not do it. We will always come back to it. For me, even if I'm stuck, and I'm always kind of stuck (because it can be grueling) when I'm writing (as opposed to revising), I let it have its own process. I did not feel like writing yesterday, in fact I was avoiding it. Today, I'm ready to get into it. Or I might just put in a few minutes and not worry about it.

There was a time when I didn't write for about four years (I was feeling discouraged) and it was hard. But, I went through that and eventually I started writing something, and I was back. Just be as conscious as possible, don't be too hard on yourself, and follow your gut.(less)

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Richard Diedrichs As I said elsewhere, I think writers are compelled to write. It's like we have to do it. We can't help ourselves. If this is the case, a writer, aspir…moreAs I said elsewhere, I think writers are compelled to write. It's like we have to do it. We can't help ourselves. If this is the case, a writer, aspiring or otherwise, will write, will throw herself or himself into the process, take the bumps, feel the agony and ecstasy, and keep writing. And it is so much a process. Once things are going, everything starts to happen.(less)

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“How can I write a book? you might say. I've got nothing to say. Don't let that stop you. Very few writers have anything to say. The trick is to see how long you can conceal that from the reader. The most successful writers are ones who've been able to get away with it for the greatest number of pages and years.”
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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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