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GOOD writing is clear, concise and correct. GREAT writing captivates, engages and motivates. -Lisa Horn #writing #author #amwriting #writingcommunity #publicity #fiction #nonfiction

"I'm just going to write because I cannot help it." Charlotte Bronte #charlottebronte #whyiwrite #author #writerproblems #WritingCommunity #amwriting alpowerssite.wordpress.com/2016/01/24/15-…

@Joe_Hildebrand ... If you were serious (and weren't joking and making things up) what was that word? Thanks in advance.

@Joe_Hildebrand Hello a few weeks ago you were all talking about comics and how - when they look like real humans - it can be frightening!? And you said there is a term for that when comics look frightening like humans???!! You said the work for it but I didn't jot it down.../2

"I write because I enjoy doing it. When it stops being fun I'll stop writing. I believe that writing is half talent, half skill—a writer should be able to turn her hand to anything that interests her." Patricia Finney (@patriciafinney)

There are an infinite number of definitions for the words “suspense” and “menace,” (eg diffs in romance to crime thriller?) “I think my boyfriend is cheating on me,” can be just as suspenseful as “There’s a strange noise coming from the attic.” fantasyhandbook.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/for…

Making beautiful pics...does help u step out of "a poor little me story"... into something more positive. —Steve Parish (@SPNatureConnect)

@PamelaPaulNYT True. But is it not just as hard for grammar types to resist the call of the question mark at the end of a tweet?

@bennettjwriting I agree. It's poetic and oversimplified. But that's exactly what I like about that definition. I like #proverbs #idioms for the same reason.

I like how a writing teacher once described a book as something that raises a question on page one, then has it answered by the last page.

@matthewtuckey @FloydMayweather So he does! But if John D Rockefeller and his father (see pic) took ALL their cash with them while alive, it's not evident in this old pic.

@matthewtuckey @FloydMayweather ...credit cards, yes? But hard cash? And if we're the only 1 who knows number for a secret (Swiss?) bank account, then yes we take it w us.

@matthewtuckey @FloydMayweather Yeah, really?! If someone says 'you can't take it with you' it suggests that we can take it around with us while alive. Which is not true...

Heidi (1881) by J Spyri (while in her 50s). For E Stork's English eBook: gutenberg.org/files/20781/20… and its audioBook: librivox.org/heidi-dramatic…

Q: How do we CREATE characters, plots, themes? A: WRITING words. Q: How do we LEARN HOW TO create characters. plots etc? A: READING words.

Always trying. Always. But only when writing. So that's not really all the time. Yet always trying to master a wonderful engaging sentence.

1950's Royal Quiet de Luxe Typewriter (Print Advert. Pics) Via @AntikeyChop All typewriters. All the time. antikeychop.com/1950s-royal-qu…

What's the best way to start a story? Using the search engine for writers to find some views on this matter: hiveword.com/wkb/search?q=b…

Stories without conflict? What do bloggers have to say about this? Using the writers search engine to find out: hiveword.com/wkb/search?q=s…

@ForeverRebel @jk_rowling Wow! Some people only seek stories that will give them nightmares!? & Some writers only want to write for them!!?