Charles Ghigna Quotes

#1. Enter the writing process with a childlike sense of wonder and discovery. Let it surprise you.

Charles Ghigna

#2. The greatest reward for a children's author is in knowing that our efforts might stir the minds and hearts of young readers with a vision and wonder of the world and themselves that may be new to them or reveal something already familiar in new and enlightening ways.

Charles Ghigna

#3. The path to inspiration starts upon the trails we've known; each stumbling block is not a rock, but just a stepping stone.

Charles Ghigna

#4. Don't search for inspiration when you have a task to do; Just start your work and you will see that it will soon find you.

Charles Ghigna

#5. They say that love is always blind and that explains so much, young lovers always seem so prone to use their sense of touch.

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#6. Get yourself a notebook and write in it EVERY night for two weeks. Then stop if you can. If you can't, you're a writer.

Charles Ghigna

#7. Close your eyes and look inside,
A mirror shines within;
To find where you are going,
First see where you have been.

Charles Ghigna

#8. STYLE IS NOT HOW YOU WRITE IT IS HOW YOUDO NOT WRITE LIKE ANYONE ELSE

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#9. When you write for children, don't write for children.
Write from the child in you.

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#10. Poems for children help them celebrate the joy and wonder of their world. Humorous poems tickle the funny bone of their imaginations.

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#11. A poem is a spider web
Spun with words of wonder,
Woven lace held in place
By whispers made of thunder.

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#12. Do not let fear confine your life Inside a shell of doubt; A turtle never moves until His head is sticking out.

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