ETH AINA'S CREATIVE ISLAND.

Only two professions allow you to know it all – creative writing and journalism.
On Monday your beat is religion. It changes to History and International Politics on Tuesday. On Wednesday, you are redeployed to another beat – maybe crime. On Thursday, your beat might be Education and on Friday, you might be writing about Science and the Ozone Layer. On Saturday, it is the Stock Exchange and Sunday, you might write about Culture, Language, and Heritage. That’s why writers and journalists hardly have a stable life. Our brains don’t really settle – they work like a clock.

~E.T.H…AINA

#writing #fiction #keepwriting

A story doesn’t always form overnight. Sometimes creating a story is like chipping away at stone. You keep writing and chipping until that slab of stone becomes a work of art.

Joy D. Fanning #amwriting

Be Writing.

Dune by Frank Herbert was rejected by 23 publishers until finally accepted by a company known only for creating automotive manuals. It went on to become one of the best selling, most beloved sci-fi books ever.

Don’t Give Up. #amwriting #amediting Keep Writing.

The world needs writers. We will always be necessary. There are few professions that can claim that distinction.

ROD McKUEN

#amwriting #writing #writinglife

Revising a story can be a bear. But if you get it right, it can make everything come together in your writing. #amwriting #amrevising #amediting Writing. Rewriting parts is a part of future drafts.

“Your characters have to DO something, they have to want something and struggle to achieve it, otherwise your story risks becoming incredibly dull. The character’s want/desire and flaw/need drive them to actively influence how the story develops.” -John Yorke #amwriting

Dialogue gives you a chance to express yourself in a different way in your novel. A chance to express your characters verbally. Their hopes, their dreams, their expressions. their quirkiness. #amwriting #Writing.

“Writing is about risking yourself. The many facets of who you are and could be. Creating yourself again in print.”

-Wrtr #amwriting #writing.

The way in which you say/write your words can be as important as what you write in a novel. Finding your writing voice is hard, it takes the right characters and sometimes the right book to find it.

#amwriting #amediting

As an author, take time to celebrate each milestone in your creative journey. Reach your goal.

-Joy D Fanning #amwriting

~Sometimes as authors we don’t take enough time to celebrate as we are writing. ~Wrtr