Courage in writing is not the absence of fear, but the refusal to let fear paralyze your voice.
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Do you believe somebody who has not been published can teach you something new about writing?
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Writing Parallel Timelines: Show two versions of reality playing out side by side
Sliding Doors - Gwyneth Paltrow (1998).
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Your audience may not yet be ready for you, but that doesn’t diminish the value of your words.
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The page whispers, “Another world is possible.”
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Rest is part of the story. A paused chapter isn’t an unfinished one.
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Travel doesn’t expand your mind.
Attention does.
Notice more.
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Society worships marble statues but forgets they start as lumps of rock.
Just write.
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Our ancestors etched stories on cave walls with burnt sticks; now we act like adverbs require a security clearance.
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When you type ‘The End,’ remember: it’s a lie.
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Burnout writes no epics.
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Write like a river: steady currents carve canyons.
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Don't write to prove yourself. Write to meet yourself.
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The First Draft Should Be Classified.
Your Second Draft a WikiLeaks Drop.
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No one’s waiting for your story.
They’re waiting for their story wearing your prose as a skin suit.
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Our keystrokes matter not because they promise answers, but because they demand honesty.
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The real universe, is in the ache of knowing some thoughts are too tender for words.
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Great magic looks effortless ~ David Blaine
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Not all of us have daydreams that are the stuff of constellations.
Some of us have mental confetti left after life’s parade tramples our sanity.
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Writing forces us to confront contradictions, name nebulous feelings, & trace the contours of our experiences.
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The real miracle is surviving the audacity of believing everyone cares.
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Wrinkled hands are a map of places never left or never visited.
They have a million stories if you have the time.
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Follow-through is good, but you don't have to live in completionism.
Completion doesn't necessarily mean growth.
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Stranger: So tell us a little bit about yourself 🧐
Me: X-corporate Professional Recovering from LinkedIn 😶
Stranger: 😠
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Have you ever written a story set in outerspace?
Does it have infection as the theme? (1/3)
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If you feel the urge to hit post on your truth, maybe don’t?
Write it down instead then burn it. Then rewrite it & hit post.
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