“...writing is an individual journey. There's no norm. Getting an agent/sale can take 10 months or 10 years. Write the best book you can, edit it the best you can, polish the best you can, and hit the send button. Repeat until you reach your goal. You got this.”— Delilah S. Dawson, twitter.comTagged: Writing, Writing A Book, Writer's Truth, Inspirational, Motivational
“If you're passionate about telling a story, write the book. Time spent writing isn't time wasted. You're making art. That's worth something.”— Delilah S. Dawson, twitter.comTagged: Writing, Writing Advice, Writing Tips, writing is art, Motivational
“Another painful writing truth = You can follow every bit of advice, do everything you're supposed to do, and still not succeed the 1st time. Writing = art. It's not about ticking all the boxes. Your story must, above all, compel. If it doesn't, you've got to figure out why. There's this thing we cal…”— Delilah S. Dawson, twitter.comTagged: Writing, Writing Tips, Writing Advice, Editing, publishing a book
“So if you want to know if your edits are improving your book, consider all these points. It doesn't matter how many times you check for typos if you don't have an active plot or your main character doesn't have an arc. The book should feel TIGHTER with each edit. Here's some tough love: It's very ra…”— Delilah S. Dawson, twitter.comTagged: Writing, Writing Advice, Writing Tips, publishing a book
“So when it comes to how you know if your book is any good, I'd say that if you can hire an experienced pro to tell you, you'll *actually* know. If you're going it alone, querying will tell you. I didn't know if I was technically ready to query, but I was doing it anyway. I suggest sending out 5 quer…”— Delilah S. Dawson, twitter.comTagged: Writing, Writing Tips, Writing Advice, getting a book publish
“So I'm going to take on two related editing questions: How do you know if your edits are improving your book, and how do you know when you're ready to query? The bad news: There is no surefire way to know. But I can give you some tips! So let's say you have a 1st draft. It's garbage, because all 1st…”— Delilah S. Dawson, twitter.comTagged: Writing, Writing Advice, Editing, editing advice, getting published
“Writing has NEVER flowed for me. Not once, not a word, not ever. I have dragged every book I’ve written, kicking and screaming, into existence.”— Myke Cole, twitter.comTagged: Writing, Writing Advice, Writer's Truth, Motivational
“We had a question this morning: How do you come up with names for characters and places in Science Fiction and Fantasy? Easy. STEAL 'EM. Kidding. You can't have Mr. Spuck go to Chogwarts. But you can take inspiration. Start by considering names that stuck with you. Why? Luke Skywalker = Timeless Bib…”— Delilah S. Dawson, twitter.comTagged: Writing, Writing Tips, naming characters, Writing Advice
“For me, I want to query a finished book--not end on a cliffhanger, assuming they'll pick up a series. So I would make build a rich world with places to explore and plenty of characters but definitely end the book in a satisfying way. If it sells, you can switch up the ending.”— Delilah S. Dawson, twitter.comTagged: Writing, Writing Advice, story endings, ending a book, ending a novel
“If your writing is compelling from page 1, NO ONE CARES WHAT THE TITLE IS. Titles can change. No one rejects an amazing book because the title is bad.”— Delilah S. Dawson, twitter.comTagged: Writing, Writing Advice, finding an agent, publishing a book
“I'm still with my 1st agent, but from what I hear, some red flags with an agent are: 1. If they take more than a week to return a simple email, more than 6 weeks w edits 2. If you've been working on a book for over a year and still haven't gone on sub. 3. That sinking feeling...”— Delilah S. Dawson, twitter.comTagged: Writing, publishing a book, agents, finding agents, publishing industry
“I don't edit a thing until I have a finished first draft. That way lies madness, or at least the opportunity to fall into a pit of hot garbage that will remind me how much I suck and convince me I forgot how to write. Finish the first draft. fix it later.”— Delilah S. Dawson, twitter.comTagged: Writing, Writing Advice, just write, Writing A Book
“1. Here's the question: How do you get more comfortable with descriptive writing? And I'll add: Without verging into purple prose or an info dump. This ties in with worldbuilding, which is one of my favorite things. 2. So. Worldbuilding starts on page 1. The words you use, the things you point out,…”— Delilah S. Dawson, twitter.comTagged: Writing, Writing Advice, Writing Tips, descriptive language, descriptive writing
“Age is an illusion and those lists should only make you feel joyful that young people are out there doing the work that said, I wrote my first magazine cover story at 31 after a decade of trying.”— rachel syme, twitter.comTagged: finding your passion, age is an illusion, it's not too late for anything, Do what you want, Keep Going
“Late bloomers last longer and do better, usually.”— Heidi N Moore, twitter.comTagged: late bloomers, Keep Going, keep finding your passion, it's not too late for anything, Never Give Up
“Nothing’s going to change until we change it. Every day let’s do something productive about what’s bothering us instead of moaning about it.”— Heidi N Moore, twitter.comTagged: Productivity, Change, change in life, Life, reaching dreams
“I grew up hunting since I was a very little kid as did many/most of my peers in Alabama. One friend, a constant hunter, traveled through Africa as an adult where he shot and killed an elephant. He later described it as the worst thing he had ever done 'like killing a human being.'”— Mat Honan, twitter.comTagged: animal hunting, hunting animals, Animals, animals are like humans, humans are animals
“We really need to be thinking more closely about who we're electing. Because if we don't, at times of crisis like now, they sit in those offices and they let us and the country down.”— Heidi N Moore, twitter.comTagged: Politics, world politics, electing politicians, electing people, elections
“If every sexual harasser and abuser immediately resigned their jobs it would be like the Rapture. There would be a lot empty offices. Only difference is in this one those left behind would be happier and wouldn't miss the people who departed.”— David Rothkopf, twitter.comTagged: sexual harassers, sexual abusers, fight for gender equality, fight sexual harassment, Sexual Harassment
“If you're a man who can't be alone with a woman and not grab her or rub up against her, you probably shouldn't be around any people, ever.”— Soledad O'Brien, twitter.comTagged: Sexual Harassment, Men, Male, Gender Equality, Human rights issue