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Alexander Pennington

@authoralexp

Aspiring YA Author and founder of the Aspiring Writers United Facebook group (160K+ members)

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Why you shouldn't trust writers: -They will steal your name -They're constantly listening in on conversations for inspiration -They will eat all your snacks -By "open up to me" they mean "my characters need more inner conflict. Tell me yours" -We know too much... about things

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Steps to writing a book: 1) Have an idea 2) Start to write 3) Have a complete mental breakdown and wallow in a pool of anxiety for months 4) Edit a little bit

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Writer: Has a story idea Writer: Makes coffee Writer: Sits down in their comfy chair Writer: Opens their WIP document Writer: GoEs On SoCIaL MeDia

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WRITERS! Stop creating rules for yourselves: -You don't have to write every day -Not being published in a year isn't a failure -Having to do multiple rounds of revisions is common -No one is looking over your shoulder and judging you -All that matters is that you keep writing

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My youngest just mispronounced apocalypse “a-pop-o-clips” so cutely I nearly cried so basically I need everyone to work together and only use that pronunciation going forth so he doesn’t accidentally start saying it correctly. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter XOXO

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How to become a WRITER: -Have an idea -Decide to write a story -Do EVERYTHING in your power to avoid writing -Actually write something and discover that writing is AGONY -Hide in your room for weeks writing -Spend most of your time posting on Twitter instead of writing -Cry a lot

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“Here are the words you longed to see again; I combed through a universe’s worth of other ones to find these just for you” Librarians are a thousand times more valuable than anything we could ever try to replace them with

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Things every writer is guilty of: -Spending hours of time researching instead of actually writing -Thinking your first draft is perfect, until you read it -Confusing thinking about writing with actually writing -Refusing to kill off that one character you know needs to go

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What are we? WRITERS! What do we want? A FINISHED BOOK! What are we going to do about it? WRITE! When are we going to do it? *Distant sobbing*

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Introverts are good writers because they've been refining their inner dialogue their whole lives and have imaginary conversations with people on a daily basis.

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No, you're not a bad writer. Writing is incredibly difficult, and most people give up. But you're still here. You're still putting words on the page, and that is proof you will be an amazing writer one day.