“You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love." ―Nicholas Sparks (1965- ) From “The Notebook” - Chapter 10 #writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #nicholassparks The above quote expresses the difficult truth that a person cannot build a life entirely around the expectations, demands, or emotional comfort of others. Love and loyalty matter, but they do not erase the need for personal honesty. Sometimes the right path involves choices that disappoint people, even people deeply loved. The line speaks to the tension between duty to others and duty to oneself, arguing that living falsely to preserve peace is its own kind of damage. At a deeper level, the quote is about the cost of self-betrayal. Making choices only to satisfy others can lead to resentment, regret, and a life that feels borrowed instead of lived. Sparks frames the issue in emotional terms rather than selfish ones: doing what is right for you may hurt others, but avoiding that truth can wound everyone more in the long run. The quote endures because it recognizes that maturity sometimes means accepting pain as the price of living authentically.

“You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love."
―Nicholas Sparks (1965- )
From “The Notebook” - Chapter 10

#writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #nicholassparks

#2026 - #day87

skeleton trees tickle
low flying clouds pausing
gathering above

#03292026

~jwebbwrites

#jwebbwrites #gathering #clouds #skeletontree #tickling #daily #dailyhaiku #haiku #haikudaily #haikuoftheday #words #write #poem #poetry #bluesky #blueskyhaiku

The digital cover of a zine, the title is CAT NIP Playful encouragement for the sleepy artist, part of which is written in a purple star burst above a line drawing of a cat in mid cat bath. Colors are light pink, purple, and white.

🌈 My newest bestest zine yet! CAT Nip: Art Encouragement for the Sleepy Artist is available for download from my shop or my DropBox. Read it here: www.birdbohannon.com/zines #artsky #inspo #bujo #journal #zine #traditionalart #getoffyourphone #draw #write #doodle #punk #spoonie #bulletjournal #ink 🙂

A ghost, elf, or fairy, they can be found just about anywhere. But you can you #write about it? Let's see. #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction #skywrite

Five Great Quotations about Creativity “If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.” – Juan Ramon Jimenez“Inspiration comes and goes, creativity is the result of practice.” – Phil Cousineau“Try any godd…

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Aproximaciones «La sintonía, es otro aspecto que enmarca una narrativa que sirve de referente mientras existan oportunidades de enmendar el rumbo…» Con altas expectativas, las decisiones toman fuerza cuando…

#lectura #read #reading #write #writing #writingcommunity #bookstagram #book #books #editor #editorial #author #autor #libros #libro #art #arte #letras #storytelling #story #narrativa #cultura #culture #lecture #ensayo #novela #poesia #poetry #literatura
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Want to #publish your essay, short story, poems, or novel? This Monday 3/30, commit to submit with Lisa Lopez Snyder! 🫵

This class explores how to conduct a targeted search of where to publish your work. 💻💡

Register ➡️ thurberhouse.org/adult-writing-workshops-spring-2026

#writing #amwriting #write

The Bloodfang Wolves - Chapter 23 | Courgus Get more from Courgus on Patreon

Chapter Twenty Three reworked and online!
See for yourself #patreoncontent #patreon

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#write #writer #writing #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #writingcommunity #fantasy #novel #book #read #reading #autor #author #furry #furries #furryfandom

jlw Art | Substack artist, previous art educator in Amazing Museums and now trying to find my own voice in visual + written expression. therapist, the arts-kind. just moved to Philly...say Hi!

#Next40

I have been doing a 40 Day practice for #Lent.
Read along via Substack ~

been musing about my next theme, decided to Continue #writing but using Topics from a #brownbag - what I've been wanting to #write about🤍

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#books #read #write #authorlife #blueskywriters #booksky

Some of us march
Others of us #write
But resistance is resistance
Howl in the face of fascism
call out their lies
and their illegal acts
Don't bend to their evil pacts
This will never be normal
in the land of the free
home of the once brave...

#booksky #poetry #poet #Trump #NoKings

Enjoy the rest of your Caturday
Getting some edits done. Fable collection should drop no later than 2nd week of Apr
#read #write #history #myth #goth #dark #twisted #morbid #fable #book #story #freak #haunt #horror
#ratherbereading #ratherbewriting #revenge #spirit #witch #culture #educate #escape

There may come a day when I don’t have to fit my writing in between nap time and dinner prep, but it is not this day! Preach Aragorn. For those of us in the trenches, it seems impossible to make time for ourselves, but it’s important! Squeeze that writing, or any hobby, in. You can do it! #Write

If Skies Were Clearer

It'd make more sense,
This stupid thing called life.
I waited too long
While the world twisted the knife.

It'd make more sense
If I could talk like birds
Chirping away without judgment,
Then again, that'd be absurd.
How do I know they don't judge?

#poetry #poet #write #a

a poster for today 's weather with a clock on it ALT: a poster for today 's weather with a clock on it

Help me understand how it's possible to #write a portion of my #WIP one day and think it's *chef's kiss*, then carry on the next day and everything I write is slop. My satisfaction with my #writing varies more than the weekly weather. Have you SEEN the recent forecast? 🥲🫠

#writers #authors

There was an eerie sensation within the walls of the castle, a howling of wind could be heard between the cracks of the stone and the wooden doors, a storm was on the way. In the castle gardens, trees could be seen swaying ominously in the wind, long grass lashed out struggling with the force of wind that had approached. On the horizon plummeting rain could be seen along with a flash of lightning as thunder roared, signalling the storm. Amidst the storm, there was a young fox, limping along trying to keep pressure off his paw, he was skinny, weak and hurt, the young fox looked like he hadn’t eaten in such a long time.

What do you think to my new story so far? I’m loving the atmosphere so far!

#story #book #harley #lucia #storywriting #writing #oc #storytelling #write #writer #author #writingcommunity #fictionwriting #writesky #artsky #ruben #fox #snippet #ocsky #characters

How to Effectively Use a Writing Process When Writing Fiction #amwriting #author #write #writer #writing www.amazon.com/dp/1948872374

What I created during my Saturday writing session! #NoKings #YourSilenceWillNotProtectYou #March28 #Write

Make the best of it, life is what you make it. Embrace every moment and turn challenges into opportunities! 💪✨ #Motivation #LiveYourBestLife #write

#2026 - #day86

late afternoon’s pull
toward the sun train departed
soon crossing gates rise

#03282026

~jwebbwrites

#jwebbwrites #train #sun #departed #daily #dailyhaiku #haiku #haikudaily #haikuoftheday #write #words #poem #poetry #bluesky
#nlueskyhaiku #blueskypoetry

Liderazgos «Las organizaciones confirman la necesidad de liderazgos, mientras los avances se demuestran a partir de resultados. Propuestas de mejoramiento y desarrollo que son entendidos como prioridades prin…

#lectura #read #reading #write #writing #writingcommunity #bookstagram #book #books #editor #editorial #author #autor #libros #libro #art #arte #letras #storytelling #story #narrativa #cultura #culture #lecture #ensayo #novela #poesia #poetry #literatura
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A black cat hiding on a bus, cryptids, an honest man. Lots of things are #illusive. Let's #write. #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction #skywrite

Ever felt anger rise like a storm within? Not every wave deserves a reaction. In stillness, you reclaim power. Don’t trade your growth for a moment of impulse. Peace is strength, & restraint is wisdom. Stay rooted, your journey is too sacred to derail, Be encouraged #writingcommunity #writer #write

You don't have to show your hand.

Have a poker face.

Deal with your cards.

Deal with what you have.

#write #deal #writing #game

substack.com/@scin #POET #WRITER #POETRY #LIFE #CHANGE #CHANCE #SCIN #POETRYLOVERS #WRITINGCOMMUNITY #POETRYCOMMUNITY #HUMANITY
#THERAPY #EMDR #scinartstudio #write #writercommunity #poet #poem #choice #therapyinwriting #community #support #supportive #substack

Question: What #music 🎧 do you #write to? #RnB is my usual go to 🎶 Drop your playlists or fav genres in the comments ✨
#amquerying #amwriting

Red Bull in hand, book in progress. Might regret this at 4 AM, but tonight, we write. 📖 #booksky #Write

Another 1000 words in the book today. I started off feeling disconnected from the story I'm trying to tell, but halfway through the scene I'm working on I realized this was a massive thematic moment, and I got into a groove.
Inching ever closer.

#amwriting #writer #write #book

I bet my #WriteSky / #weed enthusiast friends feel me on this: I was SO CLEARLY too high to write.

I was midway through an article, and my own writing doesn't make sense to me; I'm editing, changing, adding, removing, changing back, like... getting LOST in the sauce 😆

I'm too high to #write! 🤷‍♀️

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This almost never happens, but I overshot it and got too high to #write, whereas usually I'm not high enough 🌲💨

Boy, sometimes I'm naught but a fussy ho 😆

I'm not going to beat myself up about it. I'm too high to write!

I'm just going to go live my life, experience the day ☀️

#WriteSky ✍️ #writer