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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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The #1 Scariest Writing Myth
I participated in the November National Novel Writing Month waaaaaaay back in 2005. It’s still going strong. I got a certificate that stated I completed my “novel”—a 50,000 word document that didn’t need any structure. In fact, my last few lines went something like this: “go, go, go, keep writing, keep going, finish the word count.” That manuscript landed in a desk drawer and never saw the light of day again.