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#Writing tips and inspiration for all those (BraveSouls) living the #WritersLife.

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WritersGift@WritersGift
8 Aug 2020
It takes a lot of work to make it look easy. Be humble and learn each day. Be confident each day in all that you have learned. It won't all be fun. Have fun anyway. And remember... keep writing, keep writing, keep writing. #writingcommunity #amwriting #writerslife
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“Some #writing days are hard. Some days the success is in showing up and doing your part, even when flow stays outside reach. I prefer to think of a successful writing day more in terms of the effort, work, and showing up.” #amwriting #writerslife buff.ly/3M5QUhF
“If you write every day or nearly every day, at the same time of day, in the same room, using the same tools, you’ll be much more like to sustain repeating that pattern in the long term, which adds up to more consistent, productive #writing." #amwriting buff.ly/3M5QUhF
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“Build a community around you, and you’ll achieve multiple objectives: nurturing readers, attracting new ones, encouraging word-of-mouth, and even reducing costs. Most important, you’ll be creating value in relationships between people” #writing #amwriting buff.ly/2vKqP4H
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"Sometimes sitting-and-talking scenes...at a diner, on a park bench, leaning on a pillow...are either talking for the sake of talking or talking for such a duration that the story’s plot and its urgency are lost. Actions speak louder than words." #writing buff.ly/39aisOo
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“One of the best uses for the #denouement is to cap off the #subplot, if you have one. This is especially effective if you have a love story subplot...finish your subplot efficiently while also ending your main plot effectively.” #writing #writingtips buff.ly/2wu1hJw
“For me, the early brainstorming part of outlining is essentially a game of filling in the blanks... When there are no more legitimate questions standing between me and a functional plot, then I know it’s time to move on.” #writing #outlining #storytelling buff.ly/31Woj9w
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“There’s no reason you can’t get creative with your #mentor. Maybe they’re not old. Maybe they’re not male. Maybe they’re young and hip and not actually all that morally-minded, though they’re still able to teach the protagonist a thing or two.” #writing buff.ly/2OQY5NZ
“My agent and my editor worried that I was too hard on myself in the book, and I said, ‘No, I’m okay with it’ ... Part of being happy with who I am is that I feel very free to criticize who I used to be.” #writing #freedom @LauraMLippman buff.ly/37OBpVZ
“It can be helpful to make it a goal to do one small thing every day that moves you into your resistances and fears. This might be as simple as letting someone else read your story for the first time.” #writing #amwriting #amwritingfiction buff.ly/31Woj9w
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“Some of the worst plot holes arise because the #antagonist is neglected until the Climax when he’s suddenly supposed to show up and counter-balance the protagonist’s thematic argument in a grand finale.” #writing #storytelling #amwriting buff.ly/30pqxMq
“I’ve surprised myself by realizing that not only do I now write as much for others as for myself, but that it is important to me to do so.” @KMWeiland #writing #writerslife #amwriting buff.ly/2NHa8Nj
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“When I’m in the middle of working on a story, I am absolutely confident that it’s the single most interesting thing in the world. And I think you need to believe that. It’s all about being passionate about the story. You have to love the idea.” #writing buff.ly/39TO7VQ
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“When you promote yourself and your work with your ideal reader in mind, marketing doesn’t feel icky or complicated. It feels like helping a friend.” #writing #writingtip #amwriting buff.ly/2PekQM7
“Writing #memoir provokes the kind of discovery that often eludes us. As anyone who has experienced trauma will tell you, healing begins in having words for the experience. Name it and we begin our way home.” #writing #amwriting #writerslife buff.ly/2ZSoKk6
“Who wouldn’t love to grow up poor only to discover they are the first-born son of a good-natured king? However, because the #SecretHeir #trope is so common, it’s often one that fantasy readers can easily predict, leading to a boring story.” #writing buff.ly/2OQY5NZ
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“With both #middlegrade and #YA, there is a lot of concentration on family and parents... Our parents, our parents’ opinions of us, and our relationships with them shape big parts of our lives when we’re young adults.” #writing #writingtips @cassieclare buff.ly/2wPGGjb
“If you want feedback, course correction, and encouragement as you write, you want a #DevelopmentalEditor; if you want to chart your own course and then be shown where and how to improve later, you want a #SubstantiveEditor.” #writing #editing #amediting buff.ly/2LiYQxN
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“When you’re crafting your novel’s setting, you should ask yourself... Can my characters physically and emotionally interact with the space around them throughout the [story]? Does my setting help to enhance my novel idea and give it direction?” #writing buff.ly/32IPANe
“Will you go on tour? Publishers aren’t as gung-ho about funding tours as they used to be, but regional tours or targeted city tours still happen, especially when there’s a heavy emphasis on appealing to independent bookstores and libraries.” #writing buff.ly/2YgoOrC
“The best stories may be complex, but they are never complicated. What your characters are doing and why they are doing it should always be simple; you should be able to explain both in a single sentence or phrase.” #writing #amwriting #storytelling buff.ly/30pqxMq
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