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Friday Five: inspirational quotes for writers and other humans

Are you stuck in a rut? Need some motivation and inspiration? Maybe this a great list of quotations from notable writers, artists, filmmakers, and others can help. This list comes from the good people at MoonLit Getaway literary magazine. Here are five of my favorites from that list (although I could have listed many more).

Don’t risk missing 100 percent of the shots you don’t take. Give this list a read.

Generating ideas: the ‘What if…?’

A friend and I were talking recently about generating ideas for our writing. The friend asked what method I use to come up with ideas, and asked if the characters I wrote about were actually me in disguise.

So, to answer the last question first: No, my characters are not about me, or based on me. They are not autobiographical.