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Quintessential Quotes: #writingwisdom–Writealready2017
"If you want to write, you get to, but you probably won't be able to get very far if you don't start trying to get over your perfectionism."--Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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What’s a McDonald’s? Handling Exposition when you have to Tell Instead of Show. — The Home of Alex Raizman
I love this--just when you think you've read enough about "show, don't tell," something like this comes along...I'm a sucker for concrete examples. One of the first pieces of advice most writers have beaten into them is “Show don’t tell.” The reason this advice is hammered home so hard is because it is, in fact, … Continue reading What’s a McDonald’s? Handling Exposition when you have to Tell Instead of Show. — The Home of Alex Raizman
Quintessential Quotes: #writingwisdom–Writealready2017
"While it is impossible to make a competent writer out of a bad writer, and while it is equally impossible to make a great writer out of a good one, it is possible, with lots of hard work, dedication, and timely help, to make a good writer out of a merely competent one."--Stephen King, On Writing
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Spell check is not your friend.
Quintessential Quotes: #writingwisdom–Writealready2017
"Perfectionism will ruin your writing, blocking inventiveness and playfulness and life force...Perfectionism means that you try desperately not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived."--Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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So close.
Limber Up Before Letting Loose: Response to Prompt 15
Well, here it is, kind readers...the last response to the last prompt. Read on, and then try your hand at it when the mood strikes. Writing prompts are a wonderful way to get the creative juices flowing again if you've hit a little dry patch in your writing...or a big dry patch, at that. Take … Continue reading Limber Up Before Letting Loose: Response to Prompt 15
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Don't raise that glass of bubbly quite yet...
