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Twitter Tuesday~Workshop Special

Last week I didn't have the chance to get on Twitter so I have a special post for you. These quotes are from editor Noa Wheeler (Henry Holt Books) during her talk about writer's block at the Oregon Coast Children's Book Writers Workshop. "Write something, anything, and go from there."  "Tease out the unusual imbedded in the common."  "The reaction between the writer and the subject is what's new." "Set a time limit for yourself and just go" Use twitter, she says.  "Build it first, and then you can make it better." On editing. "Switch your writing location. Get up and go somewhere else!" "By taking little day trips, side roads, you're figuring out who your characters are." On writing exercises. "The outcome can be drastically different based on the smallest thing." On details.  "Every writer asks different questions and gives different answer, which is why there i...