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  1. Book Review: The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho

    A bravura act of 'critical fabulation' by Paterson Joseph, the book was well-reviewed when it was first published in 2022, but didn't get the coverage it deserved.

    #forReaders #bookstodon @bookstodon #FirstNovel #HistoricalFiction #BookReview #histodons @histodons #18thCentury

    othernetwork.com/2023/07/20/bo

  2. Book Review: The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho

    A bravura act of 'critical fabulation' by Paterson Joseph, the book was well-reviewed when it was first published in 2022, but didn't get the coverage it deserved.

    #forReaders #bookstodon @bookstodon #FirstNovel #HistoricalFiction #BookReview #histodons @histodons #18thCentury

    othernetwork.com/2023/07/20/bo

  3. Book Review: The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho

    A bravura act of 'critical fabulation' by Paterson Joseph, the book was well-reviewed when it was first published in 2022, but didn't get the coverage it deserved.

    #forReaders #bookstodon @bookstodon #FirstNovel #HistoricalFiction #BookReview #histodons @histodons #18thCentury

    othernetwork.com/2023/07/20/bo

  4. Book Review: The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho

    A bravura act of 'critical fabulation' by Paterson Joseph, the book was well-reviewed when it was first published in 2022, but didn't get the coverage it deserved.

    #forReaders #bookstodon @bookstodon #FirstNovel #HistoricalFiction #BookReview #histodons @histodons #18thCentury

    othernetwork.com/2023/07/20/bo

  5. Book Review: The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho

    A bravura act of 'critical fabulation' by Paterson Joseph, the book was well-reviewed when it was first published in 2022, but didn't get the coverage it deserved.

    #forReaders #bookstodon @bookstodon #FirstNovel #HistoricalFiction #BookReview #histodons @histodons #18thCentury

    othernetwork.com/2023/07/20/bo

  6. Disappointed with your 1st draft? Console yourself with this, from Thomas Edison:

    "I was always afraid of things that worked the first time."

    #AmWriting #WIP
    #FirstNovel #Rewrite
    #CreativeAdvice
    #WritingAdvice
    #writer #writers #writing
    @amwriting
    @writers
    @writingcommunity
    #writingCommunity
    #forWriters #forReaders
    #bookstodon
    @bookstodon

  7. Disappointed with your 1st draft? Console yourself with this, from Thomas Edison:

    "I was always afraid of things that worked the first time."

    #AmWriting #WIP
    #FirstNovel #Rewrite
    #CreativeAdvice
    #WritingAdvice
    #writer #writers #writing
    @amwriting
    @writers
    @writingcommunity
    #writingCommunity
    #forWriters #forReaders
    #bookstodon
    @bookstodon

  8. @scifijack
    Also:

    "Writing is like heading our over the open sea in a small boat. It helps if you have a plan and a course laid out."
    - John Gardner

    #CreativeAdvice
    #WritingAdvice
    #writer #writers #writing
    #AmWriting
    @amwriting
    @writers
    @writingcommunity
    #writingCommunity
    #forWriters #forReaders
    #bookstodon
    @bookstodon
    #WritersOfMastodon
    #AuthorsOfMastodon
    #WritingLife

  9. #WritingWonders 7 & 8

    My stages:

    1. Ideas & research – LOVE: Blue sky!

    2. Outlining – LOVE: Big picture!

    3. Rough Drafting – LOVE: Immersion & discovery!

    4. Notes & feedback – LOVE: Unexpected revelations!

    5. Editing & rewriting – LIKE: Fine tuning

    6. Agent & publisher, and/or distribution & marketing – ACCEPT: Reality

    #CreativeAdvice
    #AmWriting @amwriting
    @writers @writingcommunity
    #writingCommunity
    #forWriters #forReaders
    #bookstodon @bookstodon
    #WritersOfMastodon

  10. "We figured out there were only three kinds of scenes in the world -- fights, seductions, and negotiations."

    -- Mike Nichols on wisdom acquired writing & performing with comic genius Elaine May.

    I haven't found any others yet!

    #comedy #WritingAdvice
    #writers #writing
    #AmWriting
    @amwriting
    @writers
    @writingcommunity
    #writingCommunity
    #forWriters #forReaders
    #bookstodon
    @bookstodon
    #WritersOfMastodon
    #AuthorsOfMastodon

    #VintageGraphics #PublicDomain
    Frame from archive.org/details/lesalmanac

  11. Great advice (for a #FirstDraft) from James Thurber:
    Don't get it right, just get it written.
    Frame is Combination Border No. 119 from Book of Specimens byBarnhart, Bros. & Spindler, Chicago, pub. 1907
    archive.org/details/bookoftype
    #writer #writers #writing
    #AmWriting
    @amwriting
    @writers
    @writingcommunity
    #writingCommunity
    #forWriters #forReaders
    #bookstodon
    @bookstodon
    #WritersOfMastodon
    #AuthorsOfMastodon
    #WritingLife
    #WritingAdvice
    #CreativeAdvice