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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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Find Your Writer’s Voice with Stephen Hawking
The first voice I chose was called Fred. Fred lives under the Speech function on my MacBook Pro and sounds a lot like that distinctive Hawking’s speak.
I like having Fred read all my work before it goes live. Initially, I read my own writing out loud, but I discovered it was best to have the computer speak for me to dive deeper into editing.
Spoiler Alert: How to Ruin Movies
Plot lines aren’t a new thing in human history. People plotted out stories on cave walls. Death and taxes, right? I know there were no accountants back then. But that’s what they tell us we can depend on in the modern age. In other words, there are only so many experiences that can happen to us humans here on Earth.