This is so relatable!
The worst part of the #writingprocess for me is getting the #firstdraft down before I "lose it"... 😏🤷🏽👍🏽
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"Show don't tell" gets misquoted constantly.
What it actually means: don't tell the reader how to feel.
Show the thing that creates the feeling. Let them feel it themselves.
The emotion is the reader's job. The image is yours.
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There are plenty of words to go around. Find your voice. AtlantaWritersClub.org.
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Beta readers and critique groups are great. A pooch might be even better. #writetip www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...
Your opening scene does three jobs:
1) Establishes whose story it is.
2) Creates a question the reader needs answered.
3) Shows the world before it breaks.
Most writers nail the first. Forget the second. Skip the third entirely.
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Sandra Cisneros and quote: "If you're going to write about the river, you've got to get in."
How to Write Authentic Character Behavior
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Agents and editors are often swamped with queries. This article includes a tip on how to make yours stand out. #amquerying #writetip #writingcommunity #writerslife www.writersdigest.com/query-math-a...
The biggest mistake I see in complex plots:
Mistaking complexity for depth.
A complicated structure isn't deep. A character who must choose between two things they can't afford to lose — that's deep.
Simplify the structure. Deepen the stakes.
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Author George Sorensen will give advice on turning odd things in your life into books, and WriteNow founder Jared Kauffman will share tips on falling in love with the writing process. The meeting is free for first-time visitors.
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If you struggle with writing uncomfortable scenes, here's how getting deep into our character's point of view might help:
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The Atlanta Writers Conference in May will be bigger and better than ever. Twenty-eight literary agents and editors will be there to hear your pitch and critique your manuscript. Sign up at atlantawritersconference.com/about/. #amquerying #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #writerslife
The prologue debate isn't really about prologues.
It's about trust.
Do you trust your reader to wait for context? Do you trust yourself to earn it?
The format isn't the problem. The execution is.
What's your rule for prologues?
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I'll be presenting a workshop on "Dazzling Description: How to Show-Not-Tell" for the South Carolina Writers Association on 19 Mar 2026, 7-8 PM (EDT) via Zoom!
Nonmember – $25.00
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Pacing isn't about speed.
It's about consequence density.
Every scene should change something. If it doesn't, cut it.
"Breathing room" is often code for a scene that hasn't earned its place.
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Ocean sunrise and Annie Proulx quote: “What I find to be very bad advice is the snappy little sentence, 'Write what you know.' It is the most tiresome and stupid advice that could possibly be given. If we write simply about what we know we never grow.”
Learn, grow, experience, write. Repeat as necessary. #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #writerslife
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Maya Angelou and quote: "We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim in the ocean - because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings."
"Write what you know" gets misinterpreted constantly.
I think it means: write what obsesses you.
Research fills the gaps. Passion drives the story.
How do YOU interpret this advice?
RT if you've been told this and it helped. QRT if it didn't.
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Use adverbs and exclamation points sparingly!!! Find your voice. AtlantaWritersClub.org.
Author George Sorensen will give advice on turning odd things in your life into books, and WriteNow founder Jared Kauffman will share tips on falling in love with the writing process. The meeting is free for first-time visitors.
You’re invited to our March meeting at GSU-Dunwoody. Nosh and network with other writers from 12:45 to 1:30. Join our mailing list to learn more: atlantawritersclub.org/contact/. #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #writerslife
Are you a disabled or neurodivergent writer? Or interested in a peer group / writing collective based around empathy for those experiences? Email blaise.aurora@gmail.com for more info or an invite to our discord server.
Your most CONTROVERSIAL writing opinion in 10 words or less:
__________
I'll start: "Adverbs are fine. Grammar police are annoying."
GO SPICY.
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The moment I knew worldbuilding wasn't procrastination:
The physics forced the politics.
The politics forced the class war.
The class war forced the character arcs.
System design IS story design.
When did YOUR worldbuilding become load-bearing?
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Alafair Burke and quote: "The best crime novels are all based on people keeping secrets. All lying - you may think a lie is harmless, but you put them all together and there's a calamity."
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