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“Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.”

― Socrates

Writing prompt!

'The radio crackled with a desperate voice.'

What happens next?

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'As a developmental editor, I get the opportunity to give feedback on a variety of memoirs-in-progress. There is one piece of advice I give to almost every client: zoom in.'

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'Put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.'
--Colette, Casual Chance, 1964

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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘surfeit.’
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'Trajectory—a protagonist’s effort (rising action) toward a narrative goal—is an important component of a reader’s emotional draw.'

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Five Things to Do in Preparation for Working with an Editor

'You don't want to spend money on an edit that your book isn't quite ready for.'

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“Take it easy, but take it.”

― Woody Guthrie

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘discomfit.’
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Success Story with James Maynard

'Every writer knows the loneliness of writing, but inside that loneliness there is the hope that what you write will be read.'

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The Devil's in the Details

'Writing description is like wielding a zoom lens. You need to decide what's worth zooming in on and what can be left to blend into the background.'

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#writingcommunity #amwriting Michelle Barker

“On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.”

― George Orwell

'What’s fascinating about The Bell Jar is that Plath manages to build in a trajectory that is secondary to the main events of the novel.'

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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘aegis.’
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'Autofiction is not just a fictionalized account of the author’s life, but a rendering of true experience in the midst of fictionalization—in which embellishments or deviations from reality may provide a commentary on the author’s journey.'

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In science fiction, do you prefers stories set primarily on a planet or in a spaceship?

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Success Story with Eric Lard

'I was so excited to actually finish my manuscript that I totally ignored the next most important thing about writing: getting people to read it.'

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What's your favorite writing snack or drink to keep you going during long sessions?

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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘fatuous.’
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