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“We have all been told show don’t tell at some point - but repetition(refrains and anaphoras) helps us show by the way we tell.”

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“While you are writing a book, it’s yours.

When you publish a book, it belongs to the world.”

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“Taking care of yourself is taking care of your creativity.

Taking care of your self as a whole human being is taking care of the writer in you.”


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“A metaphor is a direct comparison between two unlike things. A metaphor builds a bridge between them for our minds to walk across.

Example - The rain is a broken piano playing the same note over and over.”

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That is your job as a writer - as you move through places familiar and unfamiliar,try to see with fresh eyes, listen closely,breath deeply and don’t be shy about reaching out and touching things.Make this world new for yourself and in turn - for the reader.

Be greedy for experience.Take it all in- all of it, because imagination is inexhaustible.Then tell us about it.Transport us there.Tell us about it. 😍