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  1. Don't Buy a House: bit.ly/JSGq1Z #writing #writetip about 6 hours ago via Tweetie for Mac
  2. 52 Great Blogs for Self-Publishers bit.ly/pHSGpj (via @JFbookman) about 7 hours ago via Tweetie for Mac
  3. #Literature is a luxury; #fiction is a necessity. G. K. CHESTERTON about 7 hours ago via Tweetie for Mac
  4. The Democracy of Storytelling: bit.ly/K6E5OU #fiction #writing about 8 hours ago via Tweetie for Mac
  5. Corrected: "Most of us find our own voices only after we’ve sounded like a lot of other people." NEIL GAIMAN (@neilhimself) about 9 hours ago via Tweetie for Mac
  6. Most of us find out own voices only after we’ve sounded like a lot of other people. NEIL GAIMAN (@neilhimself) about 9 hours ago via Tweetie for Mac
  7. Why is literary fame so unpredictable? @tomvanderbilt has a few theories over on @pageturner: nyr.kr/JzlfNL (via @NewYorker) about 11 hours ago via Tweetie for Mac
  8. Prose is like hair; it shines with combing. GUSTAVE FLAUBERT #amwriting #writing #writetip about 11 hours ago via Tweetie for Mac
  9. Stories are "the only thing we have that can trump life itself..." bit.ly/K6E5OU #fiction #literature #writing about 14 hours ago via Tweetie for Mac
  10. NY Times Bestsellers for the week of your birth: biblioz.com/best_sellers.p… about 15 hours ago via Tweetie for Mac
  11. Present Tense or Die! tsl.cm/aovZIu #screenwriting #writing #writenow (via @TheScriptLab) about 16 hours ago via Tweetie for Mac
  12. "The best piece of advice I got, right at the beginning, was to write to a quota..." @jamesscottbell bit.ly/Lw1H3H #ATWInterview about 17 hours ago via Tweetie for Mac
  13. The meaning of life, in book spine poetry j.mp/L1MepA (via @brainpicker) about 18 hours ago via Tweetie for Mac
  14. The first 8 drafts are terrible. MALCOLM GLADWELL (@Gladwell) #amwriting #writing #writetip about 18 hours ago via Tweetie for Mac
  15. "Our stories can cross all sorts of borders and boundaries..." bit.ly/K6E5OU #fiction #literature #writing about 19 hours ago via Tweetie for Mac
  16. Don't just plan to write – write. It is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style. P.D. JAMES #writing #writetip about 20 hours ago via Tweetie for Mac
  17. The Democracy of Storytelling: bit.ly/K6E5OU #fiction #writing 10:09 PM May 21st via Tweetie for Mac
  18. Lock Yourself in a Room: bit.ly/JwTr29 #amwriting #writing #writetip 8:49 PM May 21st via Tweetie for Mac
  19. Finish the day's writing when you still want to continue. HELEN DUNMORE #amwriting #writing #writetip 8:29 PM May 21st via Tweetie for Mac
  20. Ah, good taste, what a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness. PABLO PICASSO 7:05 PM May 21st via Tweetie for Mac
  • Name Jon Winokur
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  • Bio Writerly wisdom of the ages collected by the author of Advice To Writers, The Big Book of Irony, and The Portable Curmudgeon.
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