Writing: “Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.” - Charles De Lint #amwriting ... Be Writing.
Sometimes it is hard to live the life of a writer, a creator. It's a challenge waiting for each of us, but it is always fulfilling. #amwriting#amediting Keep Writing.
“Writing became such a process of discovery that I couldn't wait to get to work in the morning: I wanted to know what I was going to say.” - Sharon O'Brien #amwriting#amediting
Novelists live and die by reviews, yet uncovering what garners a gushing ovation or blistering takedown is often a mystery. @paulgoatallen lays out what it takes to earn five-star book reviews. https://t.co/JJLpezbd7V
What kids need are meaningful conversations
Picking up this months #Family Conversation Starters Wednesday
I ❤️ the story we share about @AliciaSilv & question:
Do you think it’s a problem attaching your sense of self worth to accomplishments or external things? If so, why?
The Ploughshares Emerging Writer’s Contest is open to writers of fiction, non-fiction and poetry until 15th May. The winner in each category will be awarded $2,000, a review of their work and a Ploughshares subscription: https://t.co/Fa8aRtMLzi @pshares#writingprize#writing
Break your writing down into doable tasks. Or as Anne Lamott would say “Bird by Bird”. #amwriting#amediting ..Be Writing. Writing to me is anything that has to do with writing, thinking about it, doing it. Not only the typing, but also the thinking. -Wrtr
The first pages of a novel always seem the hardest to get right. For everything written we have to start somewhere. A good author always seems to worry about how and what they write. That care for your words is a good thing. -Wrtr #amwriting#amediting Writing.