WRITING: seven points
The words of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
01
Saheetya
If the essence is not tackled, then it is all artificial. The essence is good for the spirit, saheetya. In Sanskrit and in every Indian language, the literature is called as saheetya. Heet means "good for the spirit," the one who has that essence which is good for the spirit. Otherwise, it is not literature. 1981.09.29
02
Truth
You must speak the truth – satyam bruvya pryam bruvya – and it should be dear, it should be sweet, it should be loving.... Tell the truth which is good for the spirit.
1981.09.29
03
Create
You have to create something. It may be art. It may be music. It may be poetry. It may be literature. It may be writing. Whatever it is, you have to create. And above all, you have to create Sahaja Yogis. 2000.08.20
04
Discretion
In our speech, in our expression of literature, expression of poetry, expression of our relationships with others, any kind of expression requires discretion which is a deep-seated knowledge or wisdom. 1988.07.10
05
Wisdom
Charles Dickens found out these things and said it. The description of all these things is so beautifully done in the literature that you are amazed how people had a capacity to see themselves and the society as it is.... It is beautifully done and that is the wisdom. 1980.09.27
06
Dynamism
All the dynamism in literature is finished because there is no ideal before them. They cannot think of a perfect personality. 1979.11.11
07
Oneness
You can read all these poets and poetry and you can understand that they are saying what you feel within yourself. Such a oneness you will feel in literature. 1998.07.06
08
Peace and Joy
The whole trend of modern literature and art expression is full of speed. The faster the speed, the greater the popularity. Literature that has to have attraction in it has to be extremely fast. Even films are made of very fast themes, so much so that one loses continuity with the speed of the theme. Also, most of them are very haphazard. This speed does not allow the theme to touch any viewer deeper into his being. It does not touch emotions, nor does it touch that area which will bring peace or which will create pure joy.. Meta Modern Era
MORE GOOD ADVICE
HARPER LEE
Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
CHARLES DICKENS
I have nothing else to tell; unless, indeed, I were to confess that no one can ever believe this narrative, in the reading, more than I have believed it in the writing.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
And as imagination bodies forth the forms of things unknown, the poet's pen turns them into shapes, and give to airy nothings a local habitation and a name.
GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ
When I sit down to write, which is the essential moment in my life, I am completely alone.
NEIL GAIMAN
The main rule of writing is that if you do it with enough assurance and confidence, you're allowed to do whatever you like. So write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can.
JONATHAN FRANZEN
The reader is a friend, not an adversary, not a spectator.
SOMERSET MAUGHAM
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
JOHN STEINBECK
I have written a great many stories and I still don't know how to go about it except to write it and take my chances.
WILLIAM FORRESTER
Write the first draft with your heart, then write the second draft with your brain.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.