Sonia Rosa Ciocca

My new #shortstory. It has a bit of wit and investigative mystique. A writer- identified as the writer- spends their spare time obsessing over the popularity of an anonymously authored work. soniarosawrites.com/2020/09/30/the… #literaryfiction #writingcommunity #amwriting #amreading

@murecka_writes I’ve experienced that emotional yo-yo more times than I can count

Am I the only one who’s always VERY optimistic right after sending a query and then absolutely hopeless the next day lol?

@KathrynHAuthor I’ve been writing since 2015. A writing group encouraged me to go back to the manuscript that began the journey. I sent out my first queries a week or so ago. I essentially rewrote most of it and feel blessed that I never queried the initial draft years ago.

@soniarosaciocca Yes!! I am SO glad it didn’t work out. I had so much false confidence back then I think! Now I feel my confidence is more deserved and I’m more aware of the fact that there’s always more room to grow and learn, more skills to develop/strengthen!

My first ever query rejection came as a surprise phone call (Feb 2022). The agent said how much potential the novel had, but that it still needed development. I edited a bit more, later signed with another agent (Nov 22). 12 publisher rejections. 1/3 #WritingCommunity

@ok_eevee That’s why I love both reading and writing multiple POV’s

Writing a dual POV has taught me that some events are better played out from the other's perspective. Sometimes, the person with the least amount of knowledge or context is better at discovering events with the reader, rather than the other POV explaining it. #writing #amediting

@lhamiltonwriter A pre-empt, two book deal! Congratulations. That’s definitely something to be proud of.

I can’t believe this is real life. I’M GOING TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR!

@JenAshHistory It is something to begin a new book

Next.... #writerslife #amwriting

@JessGraceWrites So many things!!!

What's something your characters have done that you didn't plan? #writingq #writerq #WritingCommunity #WIP #Writer #writerscommunity #writerslife #funny #amwriting #humor #WritingLife #AuthorsOfTwitter #authorscommunity #authorlife

@bianca_writer I love editing as well. And I love the phrase: sharpening the rough draft.

@soniarosaciocca I love editing, sharpening the rough draft.

#Writers, do you have a favorite part of the writing process? I enjoy editing. I love tightening the prose and structure and witnessing the story come together as a whole. #amediting #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerslife #writerscafe #writersoftwitter #AuthorsOfTwitter

@ElliottBlackwe3 That is stunning

How gorgeous is this garden path?

@RavenVyper I haven’t even thought of that. I’m not sure it would be the type of book that I would easily come across at the moment. I tend to read for character development and emotion, not plot, which isn’t AI’s strongpoint at the moment. But I would be curious.

@MelissaBowers_ I feel as if the majority look like that

My husband told me I write in “long gazes and furious bursts.” When I asked what that meant, he did...this. Also, please note the backspacing segment in which I apparently delete most of what I’ve just drafted. #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity

@Neftzger Such a lovely quote!

Fiction shapes reality. #amreading #books #booklovers #readingcommunity

@TheMOWUSA They have a sense of curiosity for sure

@soniarosaciocca thanks for the like. No clue why she wants another skill. She’s already a master forger and a skilled seductress.

@MWwriter I like that positive way of thinking

Good morning, #5amwritersclub. Time to be one of those people. #BooksWorthReading #novels #shortstories #books #Reading #readingcommunity #WritingCommunity

@hbartlett04 Right!

When are they going to make a keyboard with an em dash key ?? #amediting

@MaireadCor58819 Yes! I have a beautiful notebook from 2019 I have yet to use!

Does anyone else refuse to write in pretty notebooks for fear that if you start to write on a brand new clean page, and you accidentally scribble or mispell something, you've ruined the entire notebook? Cz sames #amwriting #stationarybabe #fairytale #amwritingfiction #fantasy

@rosie_j_potter They don’t hit equally

Some query rejections just hit different... #amquerying #writerslife #writing #writingcommunity

@Douglewars @klhicks912 You can’t beat that!

@klhicks912 Time and a LOT of practice. #writerslife

What has made your writing improve?

@IchabodEbenezer An admirable character for us writers to emulate

Be like Snoopy! #writerslife

@SGWinter13 Fiction writing can bring you to your depths

That moment when you're reading something fked up that makes you really sad and wonder what's wrong with the person who wrote that, but then remember you are editing, and the sadist that did this two those poor characters was you... #traumadumping #amediting