We write what we're fascinated about. There is so much going on in the world that no one can keep track of everything. What are you tracking? What aspect of that story fascinates you? You'll find your next writing project there.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #prolificauthor #author #books #stories writers

"The creative power which bubbles so pleasantly in the beginning of a new book quiets down after a time, and one goes on more steadily. Doubts creep in. Then one becomes resigned. Determination not to give in, and the sense of impending shape, keep one at it more than anything." Virginia Woolf

#WomensWisdom #reading #WomenWriter #WritingCommunity #prolificauthor

"Poetry is a life-cherishing force. For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry."
Mary Oliver

#WritingCommunity #poetry #amwriting #prolificauthor #WomensWisdom #WomenandFiction

"Write what makes your heart race in anticipation anytime you think about it and hope that of the few billion readers who walk the globe, some would recognize and appreciate the gift you so humbly offer!" Adaora Ogunniyi

#WritingCommunity #WomensWisdom #WomenandFiction #amwriting #prolificauthor

"You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down."
Toni Morrison

#WomenandFiction #amwriting #reading #GreatWomen #womenswisdom #authorsofmastodom #prolificauthor

"Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say."
Barbara Kingsolver

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #womenswisdom #womenandfiction #prolificauthor #read #books #quotes

"Anyone who says writing is easy, isn't doing it right." Amy Joy

#AuthorsofInstagram #WritingCommunity #amwriting #prolificauthor #womenswisdom #womenandfiction

What is a real life plot twist in your life that knocked you to your knees?

As writers, we must experience extreme plot twists in order to make them feel real to our readers. Being betrayed is so often used that it's no longer all that feasible.

What plot twists are in your writing? What plot twists have you experienced?

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #AuthorsofInstagram #prolificauthor #RealLifePlotTwists

"It is only by writing, not by dreaming about it, that we develop our style." PD James

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #prolificauthor #AuthorsofInstagram #womenswisdom #womenandfiction

AUTHOR RESOURCES: I don't know about you, but I have an eye for snagging graphics to help with authorly issues -- like "What do I name someone who was born in the 1920s vs the 1970s?

Chartr created this awesome graph. (Chartr is this amazing newsletter that sends you charted graphics. This is not an advert for them -- they create awesome graphics for authors.)

What do you do to name characters?

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #WriterWednesday #NamingCharacters #prolificauthor