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Red Oak Writing (we, us, our)

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Books offer an incredible opportunity to understand others' lived experiences. #writer #writing #writingcommunity

Red and black quote graphic framed by red oak leaves. This week's quote is from R.F. Kuang: "Fiction should be about imagining outside our own perspectives, stepping into other people's shoes and empathizing with the other."

February 6, 2026 at 6:04 PM

Red Oak Writing (we, us, our)

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Your words have incredible value. #writer #writing #writingcommunity

Red and black quote graphic framed by red oak leaves. This week's quote is from bell hooks: "No black woman writer in this culture can write 'too much.' Indeed, no woman writer can write 'too much' ... No woman has ever written enough."

January 30, 2026 at 6:03 PM

Red Oak Writing (we, us, our)

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Whatever story it is that you want to tell, there's no time like the present to tell it. #writer #writing #writingcommunity

Red and black quote graphic framed by red oak leaves. This week's quote is from Toni Morrison: "I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it."

January 23, 2026 at 6:03 PM

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Poetry speaks to the deepest parts of ourselves. What is your favorite poem? #writer #writing #writingcommunity

Red and black quote graphic framed by red oak leaves. This week's quote is from Julia Alvarez: “Every time I want to touch bottom in myself, I return to poetry.”

January 16, 2026 at 6:04 PM

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Writing is always a risk — but isn't that what makes it worth doing? #writer #writing #writingcommunity

Red and black quote graphic framed by red oak leaves. This week's quote is from Paul Beatty: “Writing is a risk no matter what.”

January 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM

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Happy New Year! What are your writing goals for 2026? #writer #writing #writingcommunity

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January 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Red Oak Writing (we, us, our)

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The stories we write tell the truths we aren't always able to speak. #writer #writing #writingcommunity

Red and black quote graphic framed by red oak leaves. This week's quote is from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: “Radical honesty is possible in fiction.”

December 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM

Red Oak Writing (we, us, our)

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What truths have you discovered in your own poetry? #writer #writing #writingcommunity

Red and black quote graphic framed by red oak leaves. This week's quote is from Joy Harlo: “Poetry is the voice of what can’t be spoken.”

December 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM

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What would you write if fear couldn't hold you back? #writer #writing #writingcommunity

Red and black quote graphic framed by red oak leaves. This week's quote is from George Orwell: “Good novels are written by people who are not frightened.”

November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Red Oak Writing (we, us, our)

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Who made you the writer you are today? #writer #writing #writingcommunity

Red and black quote graphic framed by red oak leaves. This week's quote is from James Baldwin: “The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him.”

November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM

Red Oak Writing (we, us, our)

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What defines your personal writing style? #writer #writing #writingcommunity

Red and black quote graphic framed by red oak leaves. This week's quote is from Ray Bradbury: “Once you nail down what you want to say about yourself and your fears and your life, then that becomes your style.”

November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM

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How long have you known you wanted to be a writer? #writer #writing #writingcommunity

Red and black quote graphic framed by red oak leaves. This week's quote is from Casey McQuiston: “Five-year-old me was right: Writing books is what makes me happiest.”

October 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM

Red Oak Writing (we, us, our)

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Every writer knows that that blank screen can be daunting. What gives you the courage to push through? #writer #writing #writingcommunity

Red and black quote graphic framed by red oak leaves. This week's quote is from Amanda Peters: “I did the terrible thing that writers do: Put themselves in front of a blank screen.”

October 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM

Red Oak Writing (we, us, our)

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The stories we love become the stories we long to tell. What books inspired you as a kid? #writer #writing #writingcommunity

Red and black quote graphic framed by red oak leaves. This week's quote is from Isaac Marion: “I was 14 when I realized that there was no reason I couldn't write books just like all the books I loved reading.”

October 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM

Red Oak Writing (we, us, our)

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What feeds your need to write? #writer #writing #writingcommunity

Red and black quote graphic framed by red oak leaves. This week's quote is from P. Djeli Clark: “I figured everybody gets their ideas from somewhere, mine just happen to be something I've studied or read.”

October 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM

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Our experiences don’t just shape who we are – they shape how we write. #writers #writing #writingcommunity

Red and black quote graphic framed by red oak leaves. This week's quote is from Zaina Arafat: “The act of remembering feels like the starting point for the writing process.”

October 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM

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Often, our stories are too wide-reaching to be crammed into a category, genre, or trope. Who is your favorite genre-bending author? #writingcommunity #bookstagram #reading #booktropes

Red and black quote graphic framed by red oak leaves. This week's quote is from Audrey Niffenegger: “I think it would be very freeing for all writers to be able to reclaim the territories that have been ceded to the genres.”

September 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM

Red Oak Writing (we, us, our)

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Sometimes, we don’t know what we’re writing about until we put pen to paper. Sometimes, the story writes us. #writingcommunity #bookstagram #reading

Red and black quote graphic framed by red oak leaves. This week's quote is from George Saunders: “To my way of thinking, the (happy, liberating) point is that the writer doesn’t have to decide; she has to discover.”

September 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM

Red Oak Writing (we, us, our)

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Writing gives voice to the parts of ourselves that are heavy to bear. How has writing been cathartic for you? #writingcommunity #bookstagram #reading

Red and black quote graphic framed by red oak leaves. This week's quote is from Laurie Halse Anderson: “I write from anger, I write from curiosity, and I write from confusion.”

September 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM

Red Oak Writing (we, us, our)

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Books provide us with an entirely new way to communicate how we feel. What books have resonated deeply with you? #writingcommunity #bookstagram #reading #yanovels #yafiction

Red and black quote graphic framed by red oak leaves. This week's quote is from Sara Pennypacker: “I like to imagine my readers holding up my books to their adults and saying, ‘This is how I feel. This is what it’s like for me.’”

August 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM

Red Oak Writing (we, us, our)

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The kids are alright. What children’s or YA authors do you or your kids love? #writingcommunity #bookstagram #reading #yanovels #yafiction

Red and black quote graphic framed by red oak leaves. This week's quote is from Clive Barker: "I was rewarded by the incredible intellgience of the younger people responding to the books, incredible clarity of thinking and humanity."

August 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM

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As the author of “Heartstopper,” Oseman knows – readers want queer stories that exist outside of tragedy. What queer authors have inspired you? #writingcommunity #bookstagram #reading #heartstopper