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From Stephen King

“Sometimes you have to go on when you don’t feel like it, and sometimes you’re doing good work when it feels like all you’re managing is to shovel shit from a sitting position.”

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12 Responses to “From Stephen King”

  1. WendyPortia Says:
    August 7th, 2007 at 4:40 am

    What a great quote! There’s hope for me yet… I really feel as if I’m shovelling horse pooh at the moment. LOL

  2. Christine d'Abo Says:
    August 7th, 2007 at 6:25 am

    And this is why I love Stephen King. :D

  3. Jen Says:
    August 7th, 2007 at 7:38 am

    Brilliant! This quote fits perfectly at the moment.

    And proves I might not like all of King’s books, but I loved his book about writing.

  4. mary beth Says:
    August 7th, 2007 at 8:20 am

    Great quote. Definitely something to remember.

  5. Melissa Says:
    August 7th, 2007 at 9:30 am

    I already have this quote up on my wall with shoveling shit in big bold letters. Somedays that’s exactly how I feel.

  6. Kate Scott Says:
    August 7th, 2007 at 10:58 am

    Wow, this is just how I was feeling last night. It’s better for me to just shovel out that shit and go back and edit afterward.

    But it still feels like shit.

  7. Amy Ruttan Says:
    August 7th, 2007 at 9:18 pm

    OMG so true!

  8. Thomma Lyn Says:
    August 8th, 2007 at 11:12 am

    LOL! Now that’s one heck of a great quote!

  9. Pamela Bolton-Holifield Says:
    August 9th, 2007 at 12:00 am

    I love all of his books, some more than others, but I totally ADORE his book on writing! It gives me so much hope! Great quote!

  10. Lynn Says:
    August 10th, 2007 at 12:10 pm

    That’s my favorite quote. Loved his book on writing.

  11. Meagan Hatfield Says:
    August 10th, 2007 at 12:37 pm

    His “On Writing” book is in my TBR pile - I can see I need to move it to the top. :-)

  12. Laurie L Says:
    August 13th, 2007 at 10:11 pm

    I first “read” his book “On Writing” on audio. It’s read by Stephen King himself, and I loved it so much, I had to buy the paper version. I was especiallly drawn to this quote and used it for quite awhile as a tag line quote on my writing group site. There are quite a few pearls of wisdom in there like this one!

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