@rosetta.bsky.social“I've found the best way to revise your own work is to pretend that somebody else wrote it and then to rip the living shit out of it.”
― Don Roff
You don't always have to be quite that brutal, though! Good luck with your revising/editing, #turtlewriters!🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity
@rosetta.bsky.social'We writers are always stronger when we stand together & support & encourage each other – so let’s do it!' 🙂🐢❤️
Good luck with your WIP. Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters! Love & ((hugs)) 🍀 #WritingCommunity
@rosetta.bsky.social‘But perhaps there are in us forces other than mind and heart, other even than the senses - mysterious forces which take hold of us in the moments when the others are asleep.’
– Romain Rolland
Embrace inspiration, wherever it comes from, & write that story, #turtlewriters!🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity
@rosetta.bsky.social“If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.”
—Orson Welles
For me, a happy ending is an upbeat one which leaves me with some kind of hope for the future. Good luck pinning down the *right* ending for your story, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity
@rosetta.bsky.social“What your characters observe—or don’t—can be effective red herrings.”
—Jane K. Cleland
So have lots of fun with your writing & keep your readers hooked at the same time, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 Good luck! #WritingCommunity
@rosetta.bsky.social“The glory of the protagonist is always paid for by a lot of secondary characters.”
—Tony Hoagland
Good luck with writing & editing your WIP, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity
@rosetta.bsky.social‘There is freedom in being a writer & writing. It is fulfilling your function. I used to think freedom meant doing whatever you want. It means knowing who you are, what you are supposed to be doing on this earth, & then simply doing it.’
Natalie Goldberg
#turtlewriters! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity
@rosetta.bsky.social“There’s never been a text written that didn’t need editing.”
—David Ku
So take heart, #turtlewriters! It may be a challenging mountain to climb, but the views from the top are awesome & the feeling of success exhilarating! Just keep going, one step at a time! Good luck! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity
@rosetta.bsky.social“Scenes are capsules in which compelling characters undertake significant actions in a vivid and memorable way that allows the events to feel as though they are happening in real time.”
—Jordan E. Rosenfeld
Good luck with writing & editing your WIP, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity
@rosetta.bsky.social“I was still water, held by my surroundings. I am now a river, carving my own path.”
― Scott Stabile
Don’t let others stifle or cage you in with their negativity. You have great potential, #turtlewriters! Be brave & follow your dreams. 🙂🐢❤️🍀 Good luck! #WritingCommunity
@rosetta.bsky.social“Dialogue helps to create original characters and move the plot along. If it isn’t doing either of those things, it probably should be cut.”
—James Scott Bell
Good luck with writing & editing your WIP, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity
@rosetta.bsky.social“So when you come across an explanation of the character’s emotion, simply cut the explanation. If the emotion is still shown, then the explanation wasn’t needed. If the emotion isn’t shown, then rewrite the passage so that it is.”
- Renni Browne/Dave King
#turtlewriters!🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity
@rosetta.bsky.social“There are only two or three human stories, & they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.”
—Willa Cather
Your voice & life experiences will make your story unique & your characters engaging to your readers. So dig deep, #turtlewriters!🙂🐢❤️ #WritingCommunity
@rosetta.bsky.social“Trust in your truth, & in your courage to share it with the world. Your truth can help many people & transform many lives.”
― Scott Stabile
Be true to yourself, #turtlewriters, & your characters will tell your truth to your readers through their story. Good luck! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity
@rosetta.bsky.social“You can’t relate to a superhero, to a superman, but you can identify with a real man who in times of crisis draws forth some extraordinary quality from within himself & triumphs but only after a struggle.”
—Timothy Dalton
Good luck with your WIP, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity
@rosetta.bsky.social'We writers are always stronger when we stand together & support & encourage each other – so let’s do it!' 🙂🐢❤️
Good luck with your WIP. Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters! #WritingCommunity 🍀
@rosetta.bsky.social“The skill of a skilled writer tricks you into thinking that there is no skill.”
—Dwight V. Swain
Good luck with achieving this in your WIP, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity
@rosetta.bsky.social“Don't worry if you're making waves simply by being yourself. The moon does it all the time.”
~ Scott Stabile
So don't be afraid to be *you*, #turtlewriters. Tell the story you want to tell in your own unique way. Someone has to be the next trailblazer - why not you? 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity
@rosetta.bsky.social“Words create sentences; sentences create paragraphs; sometimes paragraphs quicken & begin to breathe. Imagine, if you like, Frankenstein’s monster on its slab. Here comes lightning, not from the sky but from a humble paragraph of English words.”
- Stephen King
