If you were to have a mission statement or mantra for your writing what would it be?
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"'Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.' —Henry David Thoreau." - Natalie Whipple, author of Transparent.
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"Give yourself permission to write utter crap. Then fix it!" - Page Morgan, author of The Beautiful and the Cursed.
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"The real writing is in the revisions." - Nova Ren Suma, author of 17 & Gone.
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"Tell the truth with heart and humour – and don’t be boring." - Dave Cousins, author of 15 Days Without a Head.
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"Keep writing! That's it. Just keep writing." - Suzanne Young, author of The Program.
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Write honest and true. Michael Chabon said that whenever you feel like backing off of something, then that's exactly when you should be writing it down." - Emma Carlson Berne, author of Never Let Go.
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"Never get in the way of the story. Sometimes what you think should happen isn’t actually the best course for the story to run. If a new direction appears organically, then it might be for the best – even if it means trashing the last 14,000 words you just typed." - Josin McQuein, author of Arclight.
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"This above all: to thine character be true." - Scott Blagden, author of Dear Life, You Suck.
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"Get it done." - Lindsey Leavitt, author of Going Vintage.
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"It's like breathing. If you stop, you wither and die. So, as long as I have something fresh to say, and I'm not writing and rewriting the same story a dozen times, I'll keep breathing life into my characters." - Lois Ruby, author of Rebel Spirits.
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"Ask interesting questions and answer them with honesty and complexity." - Robyn Schneider, author of Severed Heads, Broken Hearts.
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Come back Tuesday to find out if page count is intimidating to the authors and learn whether it affects the way they write!
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