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“Be courageous and try to write in a way that scares you a little.” – Holly Gerth

September 16, 2021April 16, 2021 ~ Cady ~ Leave a comment

“What you create doesn’t have to be perfect.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf

September 8, 2021April 16, 2021 ~ Cady ~ Leave a comment

“Hope: A joyful expectation of future goodness.” – Cadence McKinnon

September 1, 2021April 16, 2021 ~ Cady ~ Leave a comment

“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” – Thomas Mann

August 18, 2021April 16, 2021 ~ Cady ~ Leave a comment

“It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it.” – John Wooden

August 11, 2021April 16, 2021 ~ Cady ~ Leave a comment

“The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure but from hope to hope.” – Samuel Johnson

August 4, 2021April 16, 2021 ~ Cady ~ Leave a comment

“Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the mind of his audience.” – Henry David Thoreau

July 21, 2021April 16, 2021 ~ Cady ~ Leave a comment

“Choose the words you say to yourself wisely; they are creating your reality.” – Sean Stephenson

July 14, 2021April 16, 2021 ~ Cady ~ Leave a comment

“We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou

July 7, 2021April 16, 2021 ~ Cady ~ Leave a comment

“You write about the thing that sank it’s teeth into you and wouldn’t let go.” – Paul West

June 16, 2021April 16, 2021 ~ Cady ~ Leave a comment

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  • Book Review: Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb January 17, 2022
  • “I’m writing a first draft and reminding myself that I’m simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.” – Shannon Hale December 22, 2021
  • “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle December 15, 2021

Whisperwood is an online collection of resources for the creative writer, particularly the writer of science-fiction or fantasy. Please feel free to explore the Whisperwood binder as much as you like. If you know of a resource which you like to see on Whisperwood, please send a message through the contact page. I’m always looking for great tools and content.

1,000,000 Word Challenge

So, for 2021, I have decided to write 1,000,000 words before the end of the year.

Word Count: 25,506

 

 

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