A great story doesn't always come in a day, sometimes it comes after weeks and weeks of hard work, rewriting, and editing for an author. - Wrtr #amwriting #author #writing

“Books help us to be happy when we are low. Books show us sometimes who we are. Books help us form ourselves. Books educate people so they can grow. Books change people's opinions on things. Books entertain us. Books are food for our soul.”#amwriting -Wrtr What are books for you?

Writing: Characters help us travel from book to book for both the reader and the author. If nothing else make the characters interesting and make them shine in the story. - Wrtr #amwriting #author #writing

Creating believable characters in writing takes practice and observation. The right characters tell and show your story to the readers. - Wrtr #amwriting ... Keep Writing. #author #writing

Authors write because that's who we are. That's what we do. We are authors for a reason. Each sentence we write means something to us. Making editing or changing those sentences hard for us. - Wrtr #amwriting #amediting #author #writing

"I like main characters in writing, but sometimes it's truly the side characters with their own agenda in the story I like the best, they are the most fun to write. They have more freedom to do what they want where the main character stays in character."- Wrtr #amwriting #writing

Writing: Many authors work out their inner thoughts and feelings through their writing. While also being fun, it's cathartic to a writer. - Wrtr #amwriting For some it helps them balance life. #author #writing

Develop your characters in your writing. Give them some depth. Make them your friends. Give them life. - Wrtr #amwriting #amediting Great characters tell your stories. #author #writing

"I like the quiet moments in writing when you are writing the story, and the words fall into place. Those moments when you are a writer and the world fades away behind the story and characters you are writing." - Wrtr #amwriting #author #writing Be Writing.

"The cool and sometimes difficult thing about writing is all days can be different in writing a story. Each day of writing challenges you in a new way. Each author writes differently for sure. But we all get to where we need to be by working hard." - Wrtr #amwriting #writing

Make sure to have faith in yourself as an author and also as a writer. You may not have everything you need right now, but you will grow into it by working and writing. - Wrtr #amwriting Each book written helps you become a better writer, opens a door for you. #writing #author

Sometimes you have to put blinders on and just focus on writing today. Not tomorrow. Not next year. Make Something. Create Something. Act in defiance of the world and all the things trying to stop you, around you. - Wrtr #amwriting #author #writing

“Part of being an author is trusting yourself to make the choices in your story. (secret) Right or wrong, go with your gut. Iron it out, as you go along in drafts. This can be the hardest part.” - Wrtr #amwriting #author #writing

Sometimes your writer's block is about the writing view you take for your story and characters. Take a different view of your story and characters to break out. - Wrtr #amwriting ...Keep Writing. #author #writing

"There’s a unique bond of trust between readers and authors that I don’t believe exists in any other art form." - Dan Simmons #amwriting #amediting ~ #author #writing

Not all stories come out whole in the first draft. After finishing the first draft, think of the 2nd draft as re-plotting time. Take time to think through all of the story elements and what the reader will need, to see and read a better story. - Wrtr #amwriting ~#writing #author

Writing: Today I'm re-plotting a first draft of a story and finding the true story inside, writing brief one-sentence chapter & scene goals, and writing an arc goal. A bit non-traditional. - Wrtr #amwriting #author #writing ~ We each have our own process as writers.

“As authors, we are always working on our plots. Plots can change as you write, don't worry. Part of an author's job is to shape the story, and part of it is to discover the story inside of the mountain of text as we write.” - Wrtr #amwriting Be Writing. #author #writing

Writing: Readers will remember the quieter, smaller, moments in your stories and writing. Spend time on these, the ones they relate to. Don't worry about the big things in your story, they will come as you write them down. - Wrtr #amwriting #amediting ~ #author #writing

"Sometimes you just have to write what's inside you. You are your story's first reader. As an author, remember that." - Wrtr #amwriting Be writing. #author #writing