“At its heart, #voice is about style…style in the sense of a flow, a rhythm, a cadence to the #writing… We leave fingerprints all over our work. That part of you in your work is what makes it something that no one else can duplicate.” https://nathanbransford.com/blog/2010/05/how-to-craft-great-voice

“I don’t write out of what I know; I write out of what I wonder. I think most #artists create #art in order to explore, not to give the answers. #Poetry and art are not about answers to me; they are about questions.” ~ Lucille Clifton

“There’s only one true way to develop your natural voice, and that is to practice #writing… Work at being as honest as possible to who you are and how you say something… Write regularly… Rewrite… Read more genres, writers, styles.” https://nownovel.com/finding-your-writing-voice-5-points-to-consider

“She did not need much, wanted very little. A kind word, sincerity, fresh air, clean water, a garden, kisses, books to read, sheltering arms, a cosy bed, and to love and be loved in return.” ~ Starra Neely Blade

summer night— in the nascent darkness, your voice turns into moonlight ~ Ellie Krupich, @EllenKrupich.bsky.social // #Photography by David Smith, @photosbydavid1.bsky.social / http://photosbydavid.org #vss365 #haiku

summer romance the rose moon keeping secrets ~ Leon Tefft (@leontefft) // #Photography: ‘Strawberry Moonrise’ by Michael Wake #3lines #haiku

“To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.” ~ Lao Tzu #meditation

river bank –
the smooth flow
 of my poems ~ Ana Drobot // #Photography by Mark Bauer https://buff.ly/IZ0AJFk #haiku

“When you feel the #story is beginning to pick up rhythm—the characters… you can see them, you can hear their voices, and they do things you haven’t planned… then you know the book is somewhere, you just have to find it and bring it—word by word—into this world.” https://buff.ly/4WKFCuD #writingtips

“Emotional reasoning plants readers in the character’s perspective, helping them understand the why behind a decision… of the character’s inner struggle and vulnerability, which fortifies the reader-character bond.” Compelling Inner Conflict https://buff.ly/3QMlxMG #WritingTips #WriteSky

“A writer is a world trapped in a person.” ~ Victor Hugo #writingcommunity

disappear just for a while... summer moon ~ Mueder Krieger, @muederkrieger82 // #Photography by Adam Clark, @oleadam #3lines #haiku

“Creation comes from an overflow, so you have to learn to intake, to imbibe, to nourish yourself and not be afraid of fullness. The fullness is like a tidal wave which then carries you, sweeps you into experience and into #writing.” ~ #AnäisNin https://buff.ly/3tUOeMF #creativity

“The summer night was starless and stirless, with distant spasms of silent lightning.” ~ Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

river bend — the slow glide of the afternoon ~ Lena Kay (@moscowdandelion) // #Photography: ‘Down by the Bend’ by Marc Adamus © marcadamus.com / buff.ly/47bQPTT #haiku #wilderness #micropoetry

“Writing is more than putting words on a page—it’s about creating a rhythm that keeps readers engaged. Long, flowing sentences can create a sense of immersion, while short, punchy ones build tension—guiding readers through calm and intensity—like music.” https://buff.ly/jwtsYdb #writingtips

“Give yourself permission to write imperfectly. You can always revise, and you can always write something new. But there is no way to grow unless you start from where you are now.” ~ A.R. Gillespie #writingcommunity

tidying up my thoughts —
the river quietly 
flows ~ Mariangela Canzi // #Photography by Mark Bauer https://buff.ly/IZ0AJFk #haiku

“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” ~ Franz Kafka

“Emotional reasoning plants readers in the character’s perspective, helping them understand the why behind a decision… of the character’s inner struggle and vulnerability, which fortifies the reader-character bond.” Compelling Inner Conflict https://buff.ly/3QMlxMG #WritingTips

“End a writing session mid-scene—or even mid-paragraph—it gives you something to return to in your next #writing session so you aren’t starting from a blank page. This is especially useful if you’re stuck in a scene.” https://www.writersdigest.com/nicole-glover-on-growing-as-a-writer-after-draft-one

“The #art of writing is to explain the complications of the human soul with the simplicity that can be universally understood.” ~ Alan Sillitoe #writesky

All night I listen to the river laughing her bubbling voices. ~ Suzanne Murray, @wildcreativity // #Photography: ‘River of Stars’ by Zach Clothier / zackclothierphotography.com #haiku #micropoetry

“I have found one explanation that seems to satisfy people. I tell them it’s like driving a car at night: you never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” 10 Fiction #WritingTips Inspired by Famous #Authors https://buff.ly/32ecpub

“Once I learned to value and respect my characters, I could really hear them... The important thing is not to censor them. What they are talking about may not seem to have anything to do with what you as a writer are #writing about but it does.” ~ August Wilson

“Creation comes from an overflow, so you have to learn to intake, imbibe, to nourish yourself and not be afraid… Fullness is like a tidal wave which then carries you, sweeps you into experience and into writing.” ~ #AnaisNin https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/09/03/anais-nin-on-emotion-and-writing/

“Writing is always a process of discovery. I never know the end, or even the events on the next page, until they happen. There's a constant interplay between the imagining and shaping of the story.” ~ Kim Edwards #writesky

morning chirping my pen glides across the page ~ Daniela Misso // #Photography by Veikko Suikkanen #haiku #micropoetry

“Beneath your world of skies and faces and buildings exists a rawer and older world, a place where surface planes disintegrate and sounds ribbon in shoals through the air.” ~ Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See #booksky

“Writers can evoke wonder by zooming in and slowing time… As with all great writing—the key is specificity. Every noun, verb and adjective is chosen precisely for the experience it will evoke in the reader. Wonder is all around us if we know how to look.” https://buff.ly/iLDaF6B #writingtips

“The bottom line is this: You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can’t, but also knowing that #literature is indispensable… and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way a person looks at reality, then you can change it.” #JamesBaldwin

another storm a circle of light lingers in place of the sunset ~ Catherine, @Catherin0303.bsky // #Photography: ‘O Captain! My Captain!’ by Dragan Todorović, dragantodorovic.photography #haiku #micropoetry

“The inciting incident is so important… It starts something that, once begun, cannot be undone. It’s your chance to show the reader: this is what the protagonist wants, and this is why it matters… If they care, the reader will.” https://buff.ly/3QafGko @DarlingAxe.bsky.social #writingtips #writesky

“No need to force yourself to do something the “right way” if it’s not your right way. Your job is to honour your process.” ~ Andi Cumbo-Floyd #creativity #writing #art

calm creek I dip my toes in the clouds ~ 𝑰𝒓𝒊𝒔 (@Iriscapes) // #Photography by Ole Henrik Skielstad / lonekheir.photocentra.com #vss365 #haiku

“Inspiration is only part of the #writing process… You have to stop waiting and go looking for answers to the questions pounding in your head, answers to the characters who just won't leave you alone. Don't wait for inspiration… You are a #writer.” https://buff.ly/4copZtp #writesky

“The process of #writing a novel begins with a pang, a moment of recognition, and a situation, a character, or something you read in a paper, that seems to go off, like a solar flare inside your head. And you think, “I could write a #novel about this.” ~ Martin Amis #authors

starry sky all the thoughts end in silence ~ Andrea Cecon, @andreochka.bsky.social / #books: https://buff.ly/41p9IPC // #Photography: Mikko Lagerstedt, Mikko Lagerstedt / mikkolagerstedt.com #poetrymonth #haiku

“We are bound to each other by the smallest filaments of hope and possibility… Live the #creative life you have built… then, get back to the #writing, or whatever it is that you do… We are an art-making species… No one but you can make your #art.” https://buff.ly/8PeLp0H #writesky

“We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have plunged into and swum up as if rivers of wisdom, characters we have climbed into as if trees, fears we have hidden in as if caves.” ~ Michael Ondaatje

ancient starlight only arriving today ~ C.X. Turner (@loverpoetic.bsky.social) and James Welsh (@j-bwelsh.bsky.social), Building Sandcastles: A Book of Short Poems: https://buff.ly/4exGWTo #Photography: ‘Cadini di Misurina’ by Stefano Pellegrini #haiku #vss365

“I read everything… One does learn a great deal about #writing this way… I’m still learning how to write. I don’t know what technique is. All I know is that you have to make the reader see it.” ~ #JamesBaldwin // ‘Write a Sentence as Clean as a Bone’ https://buff.ly/2O2dlFw #writesky

“Cutting back is the crucial act that allows the vitality, precision and emotional heart of a piece of #writing to emerge.” ~ Pamela Erens #writingcommunity

tranquil daybreak mirrored on the still lake fractured cumulus clouds ~ Brian Tomas // #Photography by Ole Henrik Skielstad / lonekheir.photocentra.com #vss365 #haiku

“If you’re writing a novel, write the blurb even before you start. If you’ve already started, write it now… This blurb will act as your compass. If you can do that, you know the core of your story. You know where to go if you get lost.” https://buff.ly/4c93Qig #writingtips

“Art has always been the raft onto which we climb to save our sanity. I don’t see a different purpose for it now.” ~ Dorothea Tanning #art #creativity

evening star— fold upon fold the quiet blue hills ~ Mary Lee McClure // #Photography: ‘Rhythm Of Mountains’ by Mei Xu #haiku #poetrymonth

“Emotion is part of our essence… We crave it, connect over it. So when we expose our character’s raw emotions to readers, we open a private window into who they are, revealing their hopes, dreams, insecurities and deepest needs.” https://buff.ly/3zaLVtM @AngelaAckerman.bsky.social #writingtips

“One of the truly best things about #writing is that all that is required is a passion and drive to create what lives in your heart. You don't need formal training to create a powerful #story.” ~ Joy D. Fanning #writingcommunity

she walks under the soft stars singing ~ Tanja @joy_pops / @joypops.bsky.social // #Photography: ‘Under The Stars’ by Ilari Tuupanen #haiku #vss365