Post from Julia Fine that says, "Write the book you want to read because you will have to read it 75 times."
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Post from Julia Fine that says, "Write the book you want to read because you will have to read it 75 times."
#writerslife
A woman with a thought bubble that reads, "Do I need a manuscript evaluation or a manuscript assessment?"
❗An ME is a quote of how much editing work is needed, and the associated fees.
❗An MA provides overall guidance about areas of improvement.
✅ I provide a MANUSCRIPT REVIEW that accomplishes all of the above, at one cent (CDN) per word. I still have one two-week slot open in June.⏱
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will farrell 👏👏👏
#caturday #cats #morocco #doorart
Writing tips from John Steinbeck:
"Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day, it helps. Then when it gets finished, you are always surprised."
📣 I have a two-week slot available in my editorial calendar for a Manuscript Review or Custom Mini Edit in June; otherwise, I am fully booked until August!
#fictioneditor #booksky #writersky #torontoeditor #canadianeditor #bookeditor #5amwritersclub #torontoeditor #bookart #bookaneditor #literary
Painting of a face divided into angular sections and colours
US poet Sylvia Plath was also a talented artist.
Triple-Face Portrait, c.1950 is an example of her work #WomensArt
"If there is a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it."
Toni Morrison, born on this day in 1931
Losing our words is a writer’s worst nightmare. Don’t forget to backup your work.
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"The writer must be in it; he can't be to one side of it, ever. He has to be endangered by it. His own attitudes have to be tested in it. The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing himself, always."
Arthur Miller, who died on this day in 2005
"Never, never give up, and the world will reward you beyond your wildest dreams." 💭
Did you know that no part of the movie Casablanca was actually filmed in Casablanca?
Here are scenes from the real #Casablanca, #Morocco.
"Words do have power. Names have power. Words are events, they do things, change things...They feed understanding or emotion back and forth and amplify it."
—Ursula K. Le Guin
#booksky #wordsky #famousauthors #quoteoftheday #writersky #ursulaleguin #writingcommunity #powerofwords
"Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it's because it is hard. It's one of the hardest things that people do."
William Zinsser
"A real editor isn't just someone you work with; [they're] your guide.
"[They are] the person you trust with the most intimate thing you have, your own voice."
—Ariel Levy, in The Rules Do Not Apply
#editorsky #writersky #booksky #5amwritersclub #fictioneditor #bookeditor #memoireditor #art
What digging through your past to write your memoir looks like...😬
#Journaling #booksky #memoirwriting #artofmemoir #notebooks #journaltherapy #writingishealing #art #healing
Creating something out of nothing
“Why write? To write. To make something.”
— Claude Simon
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
Written, submitted, published. 🦢
greatlakesreview.org/the-lone-swan/
#writersky #poetry #birds #swans #ontario #Canada #art #greatlakes
"Effective writing means you're manipulating your reader. It's not a trick. It is, instead, a bonding with humanity's deepest consciousness. What moves us, imprints on us.
"The evoking of emotion is what turns the writer's craft into art."
—Barbara Kyle, author
#writersky #booksky #authoquotes
"The primary duty of writers is to engage, captivate, and enlighten readers." ✍️📚📒
—Val Mathews
#writersky #booksky #5amwritersclub #bookish #writers #authorsky #bookeditor #books
A call to women writers: Write! Write as though the ghosts of all the women in history who were not allowed to write are standing over you, wondering what a laptop is and why you're in your pyjamas at 3pm.
#ThursdayThoughts
#ThursdayMotivation
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
"Your sessions are always warm, thoughtful, and engaging and participants respond so well to your approach."
Join our #writingworkshops in Mississauga at the Central Library. I'll be facilitating this upcoming Thursday from 5:00-7:00 pm. wcc-cec.org/workshop/haz...
#writersky #booksky #library
"I would wholeheartedly recommend Jen to any author looking for an editor who is insightful, meticulous, and deeply invested in their work."
"She strengthened the structure, clarified my message, and improved the manuscript’s flow in ways that made the story far more compelling and impactful."
A client testimonial for editor Jen Jilany that reads, "Working with Jen was one of the best decisions I made for my book." from a middle-grade fiction author
"Working with Jen was one of the best decisions I made for my book. From the very first round of developmental editing through her line and copy edits, she showed an incredible ability to see both the big picture and the smallest details that truly matter."
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Tammy Ferebee
“Just keep writing! Who cares if it’s Saturday, or if you left your laptop at home, or if you’re around people? Just write one word, one line, jot down one idea. No matter how little you write, it’s movement in the right direction.”
–Tammy Ferebee
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity
I absolutely HATE it when Marjorie Taylor Greene makes sense.
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
“I am, by calling, a dealer in words; and words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
Rudyard Kipling, born on this day in 1865
