ETH AINA'S CREATIVE ISLAND.

To write well it is entirely necessary to read widely and deeply. Good poems are the best teachers. Perhaps they are the only teachers. ~MARY OLIVER

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If you can master the uses of the comma—or even the basic ones—no other mark can hold any terrors for you. ~HARRY SHAW

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In writing, punctuation plays the role of body language. It helps readers hear you the way you want to be heard.
RUSSELL BAKER

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Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of a diseased mind.
TERRY PRATCHETT

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Sometimes you just have to sit down and write. No matter what kind of words come out. Sometimes when you do, it can definitely surprise you and be great, even when you didn’t feel like writing in the first place. Once I get writing my outlook changes. #amwriting -Wrtr Keep Writing

Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.
P.T. ANDERSON

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I believe that a good writer doesn’t really need to be told anything except to keep at it. Just think of the work you’ve set yourself to do, and do it as well as you can. Once you have really done all you can, then you can show it to people.
CHINUA ACHEBE

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“Writing fiction feels like an adventurous act, nudging aside reality one word at a time.” -James Van Pelt

“Except for grammar, most writing rules are guides, you as an author have to decide when they help you, when they constrain you, when they are right for your story, and when they are not.” -Wrtr

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As an author, you can’t write for everyone. You have to write what makes you proud. Golden rule. Some will like it, some will trash it, others will love it. It’s the one true thing as a creative. Write enough great books so you can’t be ignored by anyone. -Wrtr #amwriting Writing