You know you're a writer when your spend the whole week giving yourself anxiety over not having enough time to write, and then spend the whole weekend avoiding writing.

Its okay to be messy on the outside, and sweet on the inside 🍓🍰 . #heartcake #havingyourcakeandeatingittoo #sweet #strawberry #baking

How writers envision their story vs their first draft:

Another excerpt from Hot tea and Henry!🤍 I can’t wait to share this collection with you all!🥰 . . . . . . . . . . . #authorsofinstagram #poetrycommunity #poetryofinstagram #gemini #poetryforlovers instagram.com/p/CMfyT1ILily/…

I hope the world is treating you kindly today 🤍

Try to convince me there’s a more radiant woman alive than my cousin (note: you can’t🤷🏻‍♀️) I am so blessed I get to watch this beautiful girl tie the knot next month!❤️ #bridetobe instagram.com/p/CNqdi-1LAYS/…

Even if you're fully vaccinated, the CDC still recommends finishing the novel you have been telling people you've been writing and are about to finish for the last 8 years.

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The stupidest complex I have given myself (by comparing myself to more productive writers) is the anxiety I feel about taking too long to write. So here’s a reminder for anyone who needs to see it: It’s ok to give your book time! Here are some famous books that took time to write

She’s a Mrs!💐🤍 instagram.com/p/CPhCACTrtZT/…

My friends think being a writer is all about writing. And it is. Except when it is about: research, editing, typesetting, illustrating, programming, translating, marketing, management, and dealing with legal requirements. Or in other words: It is an actual job. #writersLife

"Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You must simply do things." - Ray Bradbury

Being a writer means thinking your writing is trash because you're comparing it to best selling books that have literally been edited dozens of times by professionals.

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When I write it's like watching a movie inside my head and I am busy trying to transcribe those images into words. Anyone else? #WritingCommunity

Some people have told me that I should talk to my local library about my book. How do I do this? Bring a copy and be like, “this is mine, now it’s yours” and back out slowly? This is the only way I see it going.

"Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand." ~ George Orwell