Reader, Writer & muller of stories. Dabbler in many things. Working on southern story. Sometimes I even speak southern. Published.

Virginia
Joined March 2011
‘The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.’ - Maya Angelou Go for it, #turtlewriters! You can do this! Good luck with your WIP! 🙂🐢❤️ 🍀 ((hugs)) #WritingCommunity
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“If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can’t hear them anymore.” —Michele Ruiz You won't hear them, but you'll hear us cheering you on every step of the way, #turtlewriters! ❤️ 🙂🐢🍀 Good luck with your #WIP! #WritingCommunity #amwriting
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“Magic is believing in yourself. If you can make that happen, you can make anything happen.” —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Think positive, #turtlewriters! You're amazing! We can see it, even if you can't! Go after your dreams. You *can* achieve them! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity
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“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!🙂🐢❤️🍀
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“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 #amwriting #writers
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“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
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"No one ever reads a book. He reads himself through books." - Romain Rolland Never underestimate the power of your writer's voice to move, illuminate & inspire your readers! You're awesome! Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters!! ((hugs)), 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity
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“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” — Robin Williams Think positive, #turtlewriters! You never know what your stories can do! Take care, stay safe, & keep writing! 🙂🐢🍀❤️ ((hugs)) #WritingCommunity
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“Just start the sentence...and see what happens. This is how we write.” ― Jincy Willett Don't fear your blank page, #turtlewriters. Think of it as the portal to a glorious adventure, activated by the first word you write down. Who knows where it will whisk you off to!🙂🐢🍀❤️
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'...Good story ideas...come...from nowhere, sailing...right out of the empty sky: two previously unrelated ideas come together & make something new under the sun. Your job isn’t to find these ideas but to recognize them when they show up.' - Stephen King #turtlewriters 🙂🐢🍀❤️
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“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.” — John Steinbeck Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity
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“What amazes me is that most days feel useless. I don't seem to accomplish anything-just a few pages, most of which don't seem very good. Yet, when I put all those wasted days together, I somehow end up with a book of which I'm very proud.” ― Louis Sachar #turtlewriters 🙂🐢🍀❤️
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If you take delight in it, it's not frivolous. There's no such thing as a tiny joy. All joy is capacious in the wonder it offers in this world that is often hard & harsh. Do not let another diminish your delight.
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“You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.” ― Octavia E. Butler Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters 🙂🐢❤️🍀
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“...There aren’t any new words. Our job is to give new meanings & special overtones to absolutely ordinary words.” ...It means that vast, unknown stretches still lie before us, fertile territories just waiting for us to cultivate them.” - Haruki Murakami #turtlewriters🙂🐢❤️🍀
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“Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.” – Anne Lamott So be brave & write those first words - no-one can read your story until you have written it! Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity #writers
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“...'How do you write?' ...'One word at a time.' ...It sounds too simple to be true, but consider the Great Wall of China...one stone at a time... That's all. One stone at a time. But I've read you can see that [...] from space without a telescope.” Stephen King #turtlewriters🐢
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“I am out with lanterns, looking for myself” - Emily Dickinson (art by Orugoza)
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“...So write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I’m not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter.” — Neil Gaiman Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters #writers #amwriting 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity
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