#nanowrimo

Make a list of all the varieties of aliens you can come up with. (And if it's less than 3,000, then THE PEARS ARE LAUGHING AT YOU, MY FRIEND.)" -Scott Westerfeld from NaNoWriMo Pep Talk. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

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#pears #writers-block #writers-block

Don't worry about what you're writing or whether it's good or even whether it makes sense. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

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#writing-process #writing-process

Wait, that’s your idea? That’s your expert advice? You’re going to tell these novelists to just keep going? You’re going to tell these honest, earnest writers: You gotta have faith? Those are George Michael lyrics, asshole. If they wanted that pep talk, they could just hang out inside a mall elevator. ↗

— Karen Russell

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#humor #nanowrimo #pep-talk #writing #faith