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I #write primarily #shortstories, so I am working on a new collection now. The #stories are all written and some of them have already been published in #anthologies, including internationally, but I need to go through it properly because I find that I almost always make changes! 😄 #perfectionist

“The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing but man's failures.”
--William Lyon Phelps (1865–1943)
“Autobiography with Letters” (1939), paraphrased

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Today's 6 Minute Story prompt:

"I found a tennis ball outside Mr. Donaldson's house."

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Came upon a copy of Why I Write identical to my own. I must confess that I don’t find enough energy to follow Orwell’s principles on most days. I also find his instruction on passive voice too absolute. Why do you write? What rules do you actually follow? #write

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

#Authors, you’ll benefit from reading the post “Your Creative Team Wants You to #Stop #Formatting and Just #Write the Darn #Book,”by editor Sandra Wendel and designer Paul Nylander, on the blog of @janefriedman.com, a leader in #publishing. janefriedman.com/your-creativ...

From a Radcliffe theme written in the mid-1890s First published in Rosalind S. Miller, “Gertrude Stein: Form and Intelligibility” (1949)

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"Studies suggest that we may simulate a fleeting sense of movement when reading verbs." #mglit #kidlit #write
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I #write only because There is a #voice within me That will not be still — Sylvia Plath Phoebe #writing
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Exactly! I started #writing cos I wanted to get the #characters OUT of my head!

The best way to do it was to put them on the page and send them off.

So, for the sake of my sanity I would probably #write even if my #stories hadn't been #published.

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