Today’s #Writer food for thought:
Expect the unexpected. Live in the moment. Take nothing for granted.

The author that famously hid her manuscripts beneath her sofa cushions got that manuscript published, and Gone With the Wind became one of the most acclaimed novels of its day. #AmWriting

Someone just asked me for writing tips, and my gut level response was "all writing advice is fake, just read books you like and write as much as you can and eventually something will be good" but then I thought about it and I had some actual advice!

1. Read! Your work! Out loud!

Do you all float down here?

Who we are: Southern Writers exists to foster powerful connections between writers, hold discussions and challenges, and to promote and uplift writers through inspirational content.

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Thanks for the warm welcome, y’all! The air is fresher here… I can breathe!
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“I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.”

This was probably my most viral tweet. I've seen it pop up in a lot of quote aggregators, sometimes attributed to a wonderful but definitely not-me filmmaker.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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#BookChallenge

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7 years ago I started reading again after having read very little for a long time. I also started posting the books on Insta: the first one on 17 Nov 2017. By the end of the year I had read 6 books, the following year I read 36. Then I sped up. Yesterday I finished book no. 500.

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“There was nothing particularly wrong with them; they were just the ordinary garden variety of human garbage.” - Robert Penn Warren

Writer Quotes Challenge: repost or reply to this with your favorite literary cutdown.

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It’s recently been made clear that we should read more.

“Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome.”- Fannie Flagg

Today’s #WritingChallenge: what events has your main character overcome? How do they impact that character?

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“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”

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Today’s #Writing lesson comes from the words of the great William Faulkner.

Many writers are walking along
the proverbial shoreline, afraid to take that next step —

“Read, read, read. Read everything -trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.
Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.” - William Faulkner

It’s a good thing! It means you’re very creative and that you’re indulging multiple voices and points of view.
Commit to the characters speaking loudest at the moment…or cross-pollinate back and forth between stories if that’s the way you work best.

“An artist must believe in himself … our belief is contagious. Others say – He is vain – but they are affected.” — Tennessee Williams
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