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Today's Words of Wisdom from Austin Kleon - "The subject line of this email comes from my writing teacher Steven Bauer, who used to tell us that the first rule of writing is 'Apply ass to chair.'"

Today's Words of Wisdom from Naomi Wood - "I think it’s all about revision. Most of my ideas in initial drafts are messy. Writing is a very lawless place. I think you have to be OK with uncertainty, OK with the idea that through showing up and simply revising, revising,

Today's Words of Wisdom from Olga Tokarczuk - "Writing is a method of deep seeing, of uncovering the layers of meaning beneath reality. To write is to take part in the constant re-creation of the world. Stories shape how we understand what is possible, and they have the power to

Today's Words of Wisdom from David Foster Wallace - “When you write fiction, you’re telling a lie. It’s a game, but you must get the facts straight. The reader doesn’t want to be reminded that it’s a lie. It must be convincing, or the story will never take off in the reader’s

Today's Words of Wisdom from Robert Wilson - "Boredom is one of our strongest motivations. . . What did you want to get away from? What were you looking for? . . . Degrees of happiness and disappointment, joy and anger, love and hate. You know, the big emotions that make things

Today's Words of Wisdom from Rupi Kaur - your art is not about how many people like your work your art is about if your heart likes your work if your soul likes your work it's about how honest you are with yourself and you must never trade honesty for relatability

We're heading to jaipurlitfest and Jaipur BookMark this week! Who else is going?

Today's Words of Wisdom from Julie Fredrickson - "'Can I see you showing up every single day and making just a little bit of progress?' People so underestimate the value of compounding or if you just do a little bit, show up, do something, show up the next day, it changes

Today's Words of Wisdom from Kirsten W. Larson: "The world needs your stories. Your book, the one you are revising right this very minute, is going to change some kid's life. That child will read your book by flashlight under the covers or carry it like a security blanket in

Today's Words of Wisdom from Alastair Humphreys - "The Norwegians have a phrase that encapsulates the difficulty of starting a journey. Those masters of tough expeditions have put a name to the struggle of setting out from your warm, comfortable, familiar house into the cold,

Today's Words of Wisdom from Virginia Woolf - “So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say. But to sacrifice a hair of the head of your vision, a shade of its colour, in deference to some

Today's Words of Wisdom from Beth Kempton - "To write in service of the writing, not the ego, is it radical act. What if we gathered up all the energy we usually spent worrying about what other people think and poured it into our writing? […] What if we wrote to release what is

It’s February, you’ve made it through the darkest 10 weeks of the year—no small feat. Now, let the light slip through. Write in the margins of your days, let yourself be raw, pour another cup of tea, stay warm. Remember, it only takes the smallest spark to set the page alight.

Today's Words of Wisdom from James Clear - "Writing is the superpower of humankind. It is our truest form of magic. Writing allows you to conjure up something of value where nothing previously existed. It costs little for you to write down the lessons of your life and yet those

Today's Words of Wisdom from Tracy Kidder & Richard Todd - "That you can learn to write better is one of our fundamental assumptions. No sensible person would deny the mystery of talent, or for that matter the mystery of inspiration. But if it is in vain to deny these mysteries,

Anne-Laure Le Cunff Great interview today The London Writers' Salon! And thank you for digging into the hard stuff, being transparent about the process and encouraging the observation of ourselves. Feels weird, but feels right. 💛

Need a push to get over that last hurdle in your manuscript? We've heard a good sprint can help!  The London Writers' Salon is hosting a 24-Hour Writing Sprint on Friday, April 25th! Learn more about how you can join in and jumpstart your motivation 👟 lu.ma/yrj3omix

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