Keep writing. Keep submitting. The race goes not to the brilliant, but to the disciplined, to those who persevere.
~ Kate DiCamillo ~

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Here are three writing prompts:

Write 200 or so words starting with, “A shiver ran up my spine…”
You wake up one morning to find everything as you know has changed. What happened?
Write two paragraphs using the following words: glitter, bite, feather, discretion.

Feel free to post your creations here.

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I saw the following words and thought I’d write a post on them.
A writer wants the words to flow like a mountain stream, …
by Steven O’Dell
This is so true, but how many writers have this happen? I mean, be honest, it rarely does.
It’s likely that many of us will have spurts of [...]

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The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
~~Tom Clancy~~

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There is no failure - except in no longer trying.
- Elbert Hubbard

I believe this is true. You haven’t failed until you stop trying. We all know that the publishing industry is hard to break into, yet some writers still think they will get published within a few months of finishing their manuscript. [...]

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When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. ~John Ruskin
Love of the story and of the craft itself, together with the learned skill of writing can be a powerful commodity. One without the other can lead to poor results, which can then lead to misery, depression and, worse of all, hatred for [...]

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Thoughts are things; they have tremendous power. Thoughts of doubt and fear are pathways to failure. When you conquer negative attitudes of doubt and fear you conquer failure.
- Bryan Adams

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Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else.
~Gloria Steinem

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It is worth mentioning, for future reference, that the creative power which bubbles so pleasantly in beginning a new book quiets down after a time, and one goes on more steadily. Doubts creep in.
Then one becomes resigned. Determination not to give in, and the sense of an impending shape keep one at it more [...]

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The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn’t behave that way you would never do anything.
~John Irving

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