Writer Jo Malby

“We don’t often acknowledge how profoundly #writers are changed through the process of #writing [stories & novels]… To reckon fully with a character is to brush up against your own choices and contradictions and desires.” https://www.writersdigest.com/sarah-domet-you-should-always-write-for-yourself

“Write your first draft with your heart. Rewrite with your head.” ~ Mike Rich #writingcommunity

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at the top
of the mountain
a bird shows me how
to translate my poems
into the language of clouds

~ Barry Goodmann, @BarryGoodmann // #Photography by Marek Piwnicki #tanka #短歌 #micropoetry

“Structure holds stories together and helps them make sense and flow to maximize the emotional impact by the end… If structure’s the recipe—stakes are how and when we apply the heat… timing makes the difference between a masterpiece and a mess.” https://buff.ly/3zUGHU0 #writesky

“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” ~ Franz Kafka

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Winter solitude—
In a world of one color
The sound of wind.

~ Bashō // #Minimalist #Photography: ‘Arctic Silence’ by Patrick Ems / visual-decadence.com #haiku #vssnature

“I realized that good editorship […] might just be about bringing yourself as close as possible to the author, recognizing the effort they’re trying to undertake, and helping them realize their own vision instead of yours.” Rishi Janakiraman https://cme.sh/romance-writing #authors #editors #writesky

“I prefer #winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape — the loneliness of it; the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole #story doesn’t show.” ~ Andrew Wyeth

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fading mist
revealing a scene
soaked in silence

~ James Welsh, @JamesWelsh3 //#Photography by Dave Massey / davemassey.photography #vssnature #haiku #micropoetry

“You’ll never be able to create an engaging plot with deeply nuanced and compelling characters simply by using a formula… One of the hallmarks of the #literary novel is experimentation with narrative structure—a significant part of the #art of the novel.” https://buff.ly/3LwzL2M #writingtips

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“Winter kept us warm, covering
Earth in forgetful snow…”

~ T.S. Eliot // #Photography ‘Brush Stroke’ by Ash O’Malley #poets

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ballroom moon--
the clouds glide
across the sky

~ 𝙻𝚊𝚏𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚘 (@lafcadiopoetry) // #Photography by Martin Rügner / ruegner-photography.de IG: @martinruegner_photography #haiku #vss365 #micropoetry

“The drafting process is about letting go so words can flow. Fixing and refining comes later… You might hit a point where you doubt yourself… Keep #writing and trust the process… Strong stories take time.” Write A Novel in 13 Steps https://buff.ly/Xc6yot4

@AngelaAckerman.bsky.social #writingtips

“Each thing you add to your story is a drop of paint falling into clear water; it spreads through and colors everything.” ~ Lisa Cron #WriteSky

Stay with me entirely,
dearest, stay for me as you
are.

~ Franz Kafka #Valentines #SanValentín

“There are no rules for a first draft. That’s the key to going the distance (and letting the #creativity in)… When you’re #writing that first draft, you’re writing for yourself. Later, you’ll edit for your reader. That’s when “the rules” are important.” https://buff.ly/PAT94mX #writesky

“The essence of plotting is obstructing desire.” ~ Meg Gardiner #writesky

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rainy night
I listen to
the solitude

~ Andrea Cecon (@andreochka) / https://buff.ly/3EmpAsV // #Photography: 'Man in the Fog' © Stephen Colbrook #haiku #micropoetry

“Reading is one of my life’s greatest instructions. As I tell my writing students, good #writers are your best teachers… Learning to read like a writer can deepen our understanding of the #writingprocess and help us improve our own work.” https://cme.sh/hyper-evolution #writingtips

“Never are voices so beautiful as on a #winter's evening, when dusk almost hides the body, and they seem to issue from nothingness with a note of intimacy seldom heard by day.” ~ #VirginiaWoolf

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I clutch the frail hand
that once clutched mine—

winter dusk

~ Anna Race Vosburgh
 // #Photography by Patrick Zephyr #haiku #micropoetry

“Writing a novel is all about making promises to your reader… Foreshadowing is a way to both make those promises and keep them. It can create cohesion in a #story, build momentum, and keep your reader turning pages.” https://buff.ly/12G3hqo @DarlingAxe.bsky #writingtips #writesky

“I was still water, held by my surroundings. I am now a river, carving my own path.” ~ Scott Stabile

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light leaking from clouds
pooled rain on the river-road
a silver ribbon

~ Catherine Baker, @CatBake.bsky // #Photography by Alex Ugalnikov #haiku

“It gave me a whole new respect for many of my favorite #authors who silently bore lifelong diseases, pushed through & created powerful #art — & inspired me to speak up about the realities of being chronically ill.” https://writerunboxed.com/2019/02/26/yes-im-still-sick-writing-with-chronic-illness/

“The #art of writing is to explain the complications of the human soul with the simplicity that can be universally understood.” ~ Alan Sillitoe #writesky

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delicate trees
in their winter shapes
snow moon

~ B. L. Bruce, @the_poesis // #Photography: ‘Enchanted Forest’ by Ales Krivec #haiku #vssnature

“Presence allows us to absorb the textures of a place—the light, the scale, the silences—and translate them into emotional truth on the page.” Oisín McKenna https://www.writersdigest.com/the-power-of-presence-walking-the-roads-traveled-by-your-historical-characters #Literary #WritingTips #WriteSky

“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.” ~ Franz Kafka #amreading

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An echo of now
Surrounded by those stories
Told by distant stars

~ Joe F, @joe—f.bsky.social // #Photography by Mikko Lagerstedt, @MikkoLagerstedt.bsky / mikkolagerstedt.com #nightsky #haiku