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“Il faut cultiver notre jardin,” —Voltaire
For those of us who don’t do fancy French, this means:
“We must cultivate our garden,” says Pangloss at the end of Voltaire’s Candide.
No sentiment could be truer for women who write. Stop focusing on the whole wide world. Instead, maintain a space that is your own and encourages the fruits of your labors to blossom.
But the process of growing our garden requires the right tools. Reading this blog and learning how to revise your own stories could help you cultivate your garden, obtain peace of mind, and establish your writing legacy. Happy reading and writing!
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What to Do if Someone Steals Your Writing?
Eeeeeeekkkk. The fear of someone stealing your intellectual property.
It’s a real worry for many new writers. But is it a justified fear?
Like so many other issues in the writing world, the answer is maybe.
Brainstorming to Story Building
Got words on a page? You do? Well, that qualifies you as a writer.
But I’ll admit, the writer’s game drives me kind of cuckoo. There’s so much advice out there about overcoming writer’s block and finding inspiration, but little on how to construct a solid story. Even reading the best advice of bestselling authors, you’ll find more on overcoming resistance than a blueprint for how an actual author—actually writes.
Write about Small Things for Big Appeal
Writers love to tackle giant missions, overwhelming experiences, and impossible circumstances. It’s true—conflict makes the storytelling world go ‘round. But not every narrative needs to be Battlestar Galactica. Internal struggles and household dramas can deliver big payoffs for your audience, too.
“The little things can shake us up in big ways.”