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Robert Stephen, writer, photographer, storyteller

WHAT OTHER WRITERS HAVE TO SAY

So many have come before us and so many will follow long after we're gone. They are our guides as one day we will be for others. Over mountains, across oceans, empty deserts, and crowded cities. We as writers have so many stories to tell. Read and listen to the words of those we admire. Who knows what we'll find.
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As the story progresses towards the final conflict the reader is not interested that the protagonist stopped for lunch because his only reason is he's hungry!

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Writers don't need real people to converse with. All their friends and foes are inside their head.
#creative,#thinking,#imagine,#imagination,#dreaming,#dreams,#voices,#people,#characters

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Who other than a writer likes to sit alone in a room thinking up ideas of flying cars, magic hats, prehistoric theme parks, and faraway lands. 
#imagination,#dreaming,#creative,#writing,#story,#skull,#book,#Poe


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When you fear that you have nothing to write about take a walk.
If it's raining leave your umbrella behind, if it's snowing forget your gloves, if it's a hot day forget sunscreen, if it's cold a windy forget your jacket.
​You'll have something to write about when you return.

#ideas,#walking,#thinking,#dreaming,#imagination,#living,#love

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Whether a one line flash fiction piece or a 100,000 word novel, both are stories.
#writing,#love,#story,#umbrella,#rain,#couple,#romance,#younglove,#happy,#together,#kissing


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Believe in yourself-Sometimes you are the only one who does.

#believeinyourself,#believe,#determination,#success,
#drive,#strength,#desire,#selfconfidence,#awareness,#winning,#stevenbochco,#hillstreetblues 




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There is no age limit in writing.
Only three things are required.
Pen, paper, and an idea.

forever.#old,#neverstopexploring,#nevergiveup,#forever,#happy,#writing,#ageless,#authorlife,#keepmovingforward,#determination,#persevere  

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At some point during your writing of a story your character will come alive and you become nothing more than an observer.
#characterdesign,#snow,#story,#authors,#books,#sciencefiction,#walkinginsnow,#footprints,,#writers

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It takes a great amount of inner strength to write everyday
no matter what obstacles are standing directly in front of you.

#nevergiveup,#alwayskeepfighting,#beyourself,#smile,#laugh,#behappy,#writers,#creativity,#story,#selfdoubt,#winning

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Writers write and they write and write.
#books,#imagination,#dreams,#desire,#writing,#authors,#authorslife,#story,#hemingway,#writers 

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#science,#learning,#universe,#human,#stephenhawking,#discovery,

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If a writer has a story to tell don't wait.
 
#life,#story,#storytelling,#writing,#justdoit#nevergiveup,#neverstopexploring,#writerslife,#happy
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There are no new ideas, just new writers.

#writing,#writers,#writerslife,#storytelling,#books,#artist,#happy,#love,#extreme 



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He sat, no. He stood, no. He pivoted, no damn it. He jumped, that's it,. "He jumped when she appeared in the doorway." 
There's twenty minutes of my life down the drain. All because I'm a writer.
#desire,#different,#novela,#authorlife,#writerslife,#lifestyle,#life,#happy,#determination,#success 

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I may be physically alone,
​but I always travel with hundreds of characters in my head.

#alone,#storytelling,#creative, #books,#artist,#books,#creativity,#traveler,#writing,#river,#house on water 


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​ Persistence, patience, self-doubt, elation, the writer's ability to turn a fleeting image into a sixty thousand word story. 
#persistence,#story,#imagination ,#writers,#storytelling,#nevergiveup ,#determination,#success

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Your reader demands to be entertained. Don't disappoint them!
#writing,#writinginspiration,#author,#book,#imagination,#artist 

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THE BEGINNING, THE IDEA, THE CHARACTERS, THE WRITING, THE RE-WRITING, THE EDITING, AND SO MUCH MORE
#writers,#writing,#author,#story,#determination,#creativity,#artist,#dreamer,#adventure 

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Writing is not for the weak hearted.
#fearless,#strong,#determination,#writing,#writerslife,#confidence,#positive,#bold,#adventure,#storyteller,#perseverance


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Writer's Block- A state of mind, just another figment of a writer's imagination.
#writers,#writing,#book,#humor,#funny,#story,#author,#writersblock,#imagination,#positivethinking,#creativity,#elmoreleonard,#howtowriteanovel 

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The more voices in a writer's head the more interesting the stories.
#writerslife,#writers,#story,#storytelling,#dreamer,#book,#author,#fairytales,#adventure,#sciencefiction,#drama,#comedy 

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Take a cup of imagination, add a cup of creativity, 1/2 cup of illusion, a cup of determination, a pinch of insanity, add coffee to taste = the mind of a writer.
#writer,#writerslife,#author,#creative,#artistic,#imagination,#determination 

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The message of every true artist.
#marilyn monroe,#writer,#artist,#actress,#storytelling,#author,#writing 

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The world would be a smaller place without a writer's imagination. #dream,#imagination,#daydreaming,#writer,#author,#storytelling,#artist


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A fictional writer's brain is like no other. Driven by an unknown force we march through hell laughing and crying simultaneously.
#writer,#love,#emotion,#artist,#dreamer,#storytelling,#stories,#lovewriting,#writing,#imagination


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One of many definitions on being a writer 
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"Today began like yesterday and I'm sure tomorrow will be the same except for the stranger."
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All a writer needs are these items. A quiet place to write and an imagination. With these near by a writer will never be alone.
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A writer is able to sit in a small room with no windows and his imagination will take him to worlds no one has ever seen.
#imagination,#dream,#solitude,#writing,#writer,#storytelling,#JohnSteinbeck 
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It's okay to laugh at yourself.               

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When life comes knocking on the door and says, "It's time," that is not the moment when one should regret not writing.
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To capture an audience your story must be alive. Your reader wants to feel  what your character feels. 

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If you feel you have nothing to write begin a story with this, "Mary had a little lamb until it was stolen one night!"
​Anything is better than not writing at all. 
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EACH WRITER'S  NIGHTMARE
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Nothing is healthier than being able to laugh at yourself.
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Sitting alone, day after day, creating fictional characters in a mythical land, talking to yourself, angry the story is not moving along, giddy with how each chapter evolves. People say you're crazy for writing, but no one says a word when you eat soup with a fork!
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THE ONLY REAL WAY TO BECOME A WRITER IS TO WRITE

#DIANA GABALDON,#WRITING,#WHAT OTHER WRITERS HAVE TO SAY,#OUTLANDER
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A writer has only so many words to set the scene, build the characters, capture the readers imagination by either making them laugh, breaking their hearts, or scaring the hell out of them. 

#edgar allan poe,#what other writers have to say,#writing
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Writing a novel brings out both the best and the worst of the author 
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Writers don't mean to write about themselves, but who else will put us in their stories? 
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Only the writer knows the secret recipe for each story they tell.
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Build your story. Readers want to know what happens next, and next, and next, until you take their breath away at the end.
​Leaving them exhausted and satisfied.
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Write stories that you want to write. You won't please everyone. Your audience will be built one fan at a time.

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You, the writer are the Captain of the ship. The journey ahead has endless possibilities. You owe it to your passengers, your readers who trust you, to make it the most exciting journey they have ever read.  
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A pedestrian walks down a busy street with one thought. "I must arrive at my destination." 

A writer walks down the same busy street with many thoughts. "Who lives and works behind those doors. Fifty years ago. Fifty years from now. What monsters lurk in the shadows.

An unnoticed nickle on the ground. A window, a table, two chairs, a couple falling in love. A lone soul, hands in pocket, head down, shoulders bent, everything lost.

A boy and his scruffy dog running down an alleyway. Bumper to bumper traffic, anger, happiness, laughing, yelling."

To a writer, every thing they observe is a prop for their stories.
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Stories are meant to entertain us. They scare us, they make us laugh, or sometimes they make us cry. Good stories challenge and invite our emotions to interact with the characters in the book.

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Never be afraid of going out there and trying. Sure you may trip and fall but so what. 


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#J.K. Rowling,#never surrender,#go forward,#success,#succeed,#dream big,#live life,#true to yourself,#determination,#never quit,#choices,#life,#dream 

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