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Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· 18d

Embrace your writing process, each writer writing has a different one. Don't fear your writing process, make it work for you and your stories. - Wrtr #amwriting #amediting ...Keep Writing #Writer #Author #Writing #BookSky #AuthorSky

Give yourself time. - Wrtr ~ Background shows a pocket watch sitting open on a table. The middle of it is clear so you can see the gears turning around.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· 18d

Writing: Sometimes you have to let your characters out and see where they take you. It may surprise you in a good way. - Wrtr #AmWriting Writing. #Author #Writer #Writing #BookSky #AuthorSky

It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. - Ursula K. Le Guin ~ Quote sew into a wall cloth. For displaying on the wall in a writing office.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· 18d

Finding your writing voice is a uniquely individual thing. There are no rules to finding it. Don't let anyone mess with it. Stay true. Each novel, book, story has its own voice. - Wrtr #AmWriting #Author #Writer #Writing #BookSky #AuthorSky

Just Write. - Wrtr ~ Background photo shows looking up at the night sky, the tops of trees can be seen outlined in the sky, the night giving off almost a dark blue color.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· 21d

Writing: Drop your readers into your story. Roll them around in it. And make them see it. Where it's more about living it than reading it. Give them an experience, not just a read. - Wrtr #AmWriting #AmEditing #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

Keep Reading. It's one of the most marvelous adventures anyone can have. - Lloyd Alexander ~ Background photo shows a foggy forest, covered in cloud cover, with wolves making their way out of the fog. Giving it a real but surreal feel.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· 21d

The best advice I can give new authors and all authors really is just start writing, and keep writing. Read and read some more. #AmWriting - Wrtr ~ Sometimes writing is about enjoying the story you write. Important to remember. #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky #MGLit #KidLit

Background photo is a pumpkin sculpture with wild arms, legs, and hands made out of the pumpkin vines. It's a cyclops pumpkin sitting on another massive pumpkin as grasps out at the camera. Looks kinda cranky about having its picture taken.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· 21d

With each new writing project, a writer comes out the other side improved. Our experiences while writing help shape who we are. - Wrtr #AmWriting #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it. - Lloyd Alexander ~ Background photo shows a glacial mountain in the distance as night falls, giving the land and mountain a surreal almost purple color with light shining behind the mountain.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· 23d

Writing a novel is more than writing a story, it's writing one that pulls the reader along with it. - Wrtr #AmWriting #AmEditing Be Writing. #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

If a book is well written, I always find it too short. - Jane Austen ~ Background photo shows english cottage with ivy growing on it, hidden behind a found rock wall.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· 23d

Help readers get to know your characters throughout your book. Character insights should fit into the flow of your story and novel. - Wrtr #AmWriting #AmEditing ...Writing. Readers feel how a character grows. #Writing #Author #Writer

Stay true to your writing goals. Learn. Progress. Write More. - Wrtr ~ Background photo shows a wooden pier heading out into the water of an open lake.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· 26d

Writing: Sometimes as an author, you are the captain of the ship, and you write the characters. Other times, depending on the story, the characters write themselves. - Wrtr #AmWriting #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end. - John Lennon ~ Background photo shows a mountain lake nestled just below the mountain with clouds above and trees surrounding it.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· 26d

Writing: In all great story writing, there's a touch of magic in it that transports people out of their current lives. Writing that is greater than all of the writing rules that it follows. - Wrtr #AmWriting #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

If you want to be a writer you must learn to paint with words. - Brian Jacques ~ Background shows a photo of a painting of rolling green hills.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· 26d

Being a writer is challenging when writing. But the feeling of exploring is definitely worth the challenge. Be a positive influence. - Wrtr #AmWriting #AmEditing #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

Boldly write what no one has written before. - Wrtr ~ Background shows a starship over a planet.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· Jul 10

Stories shape the way we feel and see the world around us and how we respond and interact with it. - Wrtr #AmWriting #AmEditing As authors, they set us free to write. #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

Each of us is a book with many stories inside. Make sure to let a few out. - Wrtr ~ Background photo shows a stack of books on a writing table. A pen and writing pad sit next to them.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· Jul 10

Writing: Happiness is when all your plot points for your new book finally click together and show themselves, and you can write the story end to end. - Wrtr #AmWriting #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home. - Anna Quindlen Writing. ~ Background photo shows a massive wave cresting in the ocean.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· Jul 10

Calm the negative, write. Write just the first paragraph. Then the next paragraph. Being an author is just the small fact of continued writing. - Wrtr #AmWriting #AmEditing Write for You. #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

Background photo shows a coffee cup on a saucer sitting on a writing desk, surrounded by books, one book open being read.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· Jul 6

Will be back tomorrow. Still have a couple chapters left to finish up. - Wrtr ( C ) #AmWriting - #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· Jul 6

Writing: Hi All! =) Spent the last week writing the first book of a series that will be released as a serial on the web through a story writing website. Hope you all are excellent and writing well. RockOn! - Wrtr ( C ) #AmWriting - #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky

Background photo shows a typewriter with Chapter 1 printed on top of the page in it.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· Jun 30

Be happy with who you are, the writer and the person. Keep writing until you find your story's writing voice. - Wrtr #AmWriting #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

Happy doggo looks up, sort of has fox ears. Wants to know if she's in the book?

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· Jun 30

Use supporting characters in your writing to fill in the story and provide comic relief. - Wrtr #AmWriting #AmEditing Be Writing. #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one. - Baltasar Gracian ... A little author writing humor. ~ Background photo shows a staircase spiraling up.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· Jun 25

Keep your childlike wonder alive. Make dragons possible, if only in your mind and writing. Write. Find your dragons. - Wrtr #AmWriting #AmEditing #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

Background real photo shows a real life mini dragon(Armadillo girdled lizard) sitting on a person's hand. It's tail is in its mouth. ~ https://www.google.com/search?q=Armadillo+Girdled+Lizard

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· Jun 25

Sometimes you have to put blinders on and just focus on writing. Not tomorrow. Not next year. Make Something. Create Something. Act in defiance to change your world. - Wrtr #AmWriting #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

Make them laugh, make them cry, make them wait. - Charles Dickens ~ This quote is also sometimes attributed to Charles Reade. ...honestly we don't know, we ran into the Dickens version first. But Charles Reade did possibly write in Charles Dickens' magazine and they were contemporaries at the same time.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· Jun 25

All authors write stories differently it's why we celebrate them. Each with their own take and process. Write what you are interested in, what makes you, You. - Wrtr #AmWriting Be Writing. #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through the fingers. - Edward Abbey ~ Be Writing. ~ No photo.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· Jun 22

“My only conclusion about story structure is that nothing works if you don’t have interesting characters and a good story to tell.” - Harold Ramis ~ Ghostbusters, Meatballs, Stripes, Caddyshack, Groundhog Day, more... #AmWriting Be Writing. #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

The thing about a great book is you want to know the ending, but you don't want the book to end. - Wrtr ~ Background photo shows an open book on a reading table, a set of reading glasses sitting on top.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· Jun 22

Don't let a block stop you from writing. Remove something, change something. Rethink something. Listen to your heart, it knows what to write. - Wrtr #AmWriting #AmEditing...Be Writing. #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

Just Write. - Wrtr ~ Background photo shows a person exercising out on a stone ledge over a river, near the grand canyon.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· Jun 20

Writing: Sometimes you drive the story and sometimes it drives you. As an author, you are the writing engine and the story is the vehicle you drive in. - Wrtr #AmWriting #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

Writers use everything. We can't help it. Whatever touches us touches our writing. - Octavia Butler - Be Writing. ~ Background photo is a gray tone photo of a big city street after a stormy rain. The grey tone look gives everything including the plants on the side of the buildings, and the stormy sky an unusual look.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· Jun 20

Embrace your writing process, each writer writing has a different story process. Don't fear your writing process, refine it until it's repeatable. - Wrtr #AmWriting #AmEditing ...Be Writing. #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

If there’s any single talent a writer needs, it’s persistence. If you can keep at your writing and you can learn as you write, you can tell any story you want to tell. -Octavia Butler - Be Writing. - Good writing is sometimes persistence. - Wrtr ~ Background shows a low fog cover over a pine forested valley.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· Jun 18

Writing: As an author, there is nothing as amazing as when a reader becomes a part of your book, connected to your story. Nothing better as a reader, too. - Wrtr #AmWriting Be Writing. #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. - William Shakespeare ~ Background photo shows the aurora borealis, the northern lights rising just over the top of some hills at night.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· Jun 18

Today, I just want to thank all the writers and authors out there for continuing to write great books. We know it's a challenging time out there. - Wrtr #AmWriting ...Be Writing. ( Art/Comic By: @grantdraws.bsky.social ~ @grantdraws ) #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

Cartoon/Illustration about reading... Art/Comic By: Grant Snider - @grantdraws.bsky.social ~ Heavy, speed, over, accelerated, proof. Very cool, but don't want to put all the text out there. Get his illustrated books.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· Jun 18

Writing doesn't always flow like we want it to. It can be challenging and frustrating. Sometimes you need to step away from it a bit, and find the right angle to tell the story. - Wrtr #AmWriting #AmEditing #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

What saves a person is to take a step. Then another step. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery Background photo shows a foggy night on a forest path, through the trees.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· Jun 14

Writing: A good book helps us become part of the characters in the story. The story takes us on a journey. A good book can be a vacation. - Wrtr #AmWriting Writing. #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky

Let's root for each other and watch each other grow. Background illustration: Small plant, two green leaves.

Writing & Editing@wrtrstat· Jun 14

Giving your side characters wants, needs, side agendas, and goals they seek in your writing makes them truly accessible to your story and your reader. Add a little cozy to your writing. - Wrtr #AmWriting Writing. #Writing #Author #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky