Thread by @raulpacheco

Good morning, #AcWriMo people.

I am going to tweet a series of motivating quotes for you to keep going until the end of the month.

1. “Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.”
― Lisa See

2. “You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it.

That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.”
― Octavia E. Butler

#AcWriMo

3. “You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.”
― Jodi Picoult

4. “Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”
— Louis L’Amour

5. “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou

THIS particular one cuts me to the bone and explains why in spite of the challenges I face, I still write and I still love writing:

I have stories to tell.

With data, theory and method.

6. “I believe myself that a good writer doesn’t really need to be told anything except to keep at it.”
— Chinua Achebe

Source for all these quotations: writingcooperative.com/18-motivationa…

Roshane De Silva compiled 18 of them for @WritingCoop and I chose a few selected ones from their list.