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Today's Quotable Quote about Writing.✒️

Why Paying Attention Makes You A Better Writer | The world is full of details, people, sounds, and moments that can feed your writing. Find out what paying attention actually means and why observation is such an important habit for writers. ✍️ Read the full post and get writing — follow the link in the comments to read more.

It's National Read A Book Day. What are you reading today?📚

What Is Steampunk? How To Write Steampunk Fiction
If you like science but think science fiction is too far in the future, steampunk may be your genre. Discover how to combine history, invention, adventure, and imagination to create your own extraordinary world.
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Aside from the fact that reading helps fuel the imagination, it’s still hard to understand how writers who don’t read would expect others to read their books.

This shouldn’t be a controversial take. Writing and reading shouldn’t be separated. It’s like an artist studying other paintings and learning the different types of strokes that can be used to bring beauty to their art.

For writers, reading helps us learn how to relay the raw ideas in our head >>>