“Suppose it ill paid: the wonder is it should be paid at all. Other men pay, & pay dearly, for pleasures less desirable.”

—Robert Louis Stevenson, “Letter to a young gentleman who proposes to embrace the career of art” – via @gutenberg_org

Today, 24 June, is National Writing Day!

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It's National Writing Day, so spend it on the part that actually matters: writing new pages.

The trouble is every new page has to stay true to the hundreds before it. Nobody holds all of that in their head.

PlotLens carries your canon and flags the moment chapter 40 contradicts chapter 4. You write. It remembers.

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It's #NationalWritingDay - and here, author Julia Green shares some helpful tips to get children writing for pleasure!

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/features/2024/june/6-tips-to-inspire-children-to-write-for-pleasure/

6 tips to inspire children to write for pleasure

Discover author Julia Green's top tips to inspire children's creativity and encourage them to get writing.

on this #nationalwritingday I shall be spending the evening at Havant Writer's Circle, where my good friend Carol Westron is giving us a workshop about writing crime. I predict the evening could turn nasty...
Today is also #NationalWritingDay so if you’ve got five minutes spare grab your writing implement of choice and see what you can find in your imagination to fill the paper/screen. Go on, you might surprise yourself!

It's #NationalWritingDay!

Don't miss these tips from author Dan Freedman - he shares how one special teacher inspired him to put pen to paper, and offers advice for children hoping to do the same...

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/features/2023/june/5-easy-ways-to-inspire-childrens-writing-for-pleasure/

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5 easy ways to inspire children’s writing for pleasure

Author Dan Freedman shares how a special teacher helped him get writing - and shares some advice for budding authors.

Here’s what #writing is to me.

A way of expressing the ideas nibbling at your brain.

Your precious thoughts in a moment are documented forever. Each story is a timestamp of your thought process and worldview at the time you wrote it. A careful store of memories.

When your story connects and your words turn out to be what someone is waiting to hear at just the right time, it’s like magic.

Happy #nationalwritingday

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