When you’re struggling with your writing, you can always turn to Twitter for a quick pick-me-up! Search by the hashtag #amwriting and you’ll usually stumble across a goldmine of short, snappy Tweets that sum up the wonderful, dreadful experience of writing, and encourage you to power on.
Here are some of my favourite inspiring (and just funny) #amwriting Tweets from this month!
Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke. JOSS WHEDON #amwriting
— Jon Winokur (@AdviceToWriters) September 30, 2015
@garywhitta What if you only submitted that one line? Would it still get cut? #tabularasa
— Garth Chouteau (@GarthChouteau) September 29, 2015
Nugget 1: @SJ_Watson on Dialogue – when writing dialogue remember it’s not neat, they’re often at cross-purposes. #amwriting #writingtips
— Cesca Major (@CescaWrites) September 29, 2015
If you write with intention, you’re a writer: no need to add “aspiring.” Consider this your literary license. #amwriting
— Dean Gloster (@deangloster) September 22, 2015
My characters never sit, they flop/slide/fall into chairs. Starting to suspect they don’t know how knees work. #amwriting#amediting
— Anna Morgan (@AnnaLauraMorgan) September 20, 2015
To everyone who is writing at the moment, keep going! You’ve won half the battle just by starting.
And once you’ve finished, don’t forget to hire an editor to make your work the best it can be.
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