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Greatness is just love that learned to sweat. Lai: Vietnamese Meaning: Again, Repeat
#Motivation
#Inspiration
#Greatness
#BookNerd
#WritingAdvice
#ReadingList
#HorrorCommunity
#Drafting
#AIArt
#Writesky
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Study documented case files on famous creators (novelists, poets, painters, composers, & playwrights) who produced masterpieces while privately convinced they were frauds. Use their patterns as evidence to dismantle your own blocks. Get The Anti-Impostor Dossier:
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. ~ Socrates
#wisdom
#Quotes
#Humble
#Philosophy
#BookishLife
#AuthorRising
#BookAddict
#MysteryReader
#WritingSprints
#AIArt
#Writesky
7 days ago
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It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. ~ J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Dumbledore)
#HarryPotter
#JKRowling
#Dumbledore
#StoryTelling
#Quotes
#Dreams
#ReadersCommunity
#WritersHelpingWriters
#BookTok
#SciFiAddict
#FirstDraftProblems
#AIArt
#Writesky
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The technique was in the commitment. #Anime #Naruto #Run #Writesky #Booksky #Readsky #Artsky #5amWriters #WritingCommunity #6amWriters #AIArt
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Nobody Told Naruto His Arms Were Wrong
Two million people showed up to sprint like absolute lunatics past a government base.
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8 days ago
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In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. ~ Albert Einstein
#Quotes
#Opportunity
#BookObsessed
#WritingTipsDaily
#CurrentlyWatching
#CozyReading
#Querying
#AIArt
#Writesky
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The only limit is your imagination.
#Creativity
#BookishVibes
#WritingMotivation
#BookBloggers
#MemoirReader
#Poet
#AIArt
#Writesky
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Don't count the days. Make the days count. ~ Muhammad Ali
#Commit
#Dedication
#Countdown
#Inspiration
#Motivation
#Boxing
#Quotes
#BookishCommunity
#AmWriting
#ReadingRush
#PlotTwistLover
#IndieAuthorLife
#AIArt
#Writesky
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Everything you can imagine is real. ~ Pablo Picasso
#Imagination
#DareToDream
#Curiousity
#Art
#AIArt
#Picasso
#Pablo
#BookishCanon
#WritingCraft
#BookBlogger
#AspiringWriter
#LiteraryFiction
#WritingCommunity
#GraphicDesign
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~ Leonardo da Vinci
#Simplicity
#Sophistication
#Simple
#Elegant
#Bookshelf
#WritersBlockSucks
#BookClubPick
#WorldbuildingWednesday
#ReadingJournal
#WritingCommunity
#GraphicDesign
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Elara believed in the gospel of radical transparency.
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#Proverbs
#Parables
#Quotes
#Wisdom
#ShortStory
#StoryTelling
#WriteSky
#Readsky
#BookSky
#Amateur
#Writer
#Indie
#Author
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The Glass House on the Hill
Short Story
https://open.substack.com/pub/fauxfiruta/p/the-glass-house-on-the-hill?r=5pvlm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
9 days ago
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A kick only proves the sandcastle was worth noticing. A critic’s attack doesn’t threaten your work. It inadvertently certifies that your work mattered enough to attack.
#Criticism
#Feedback
#Sandcastle
#Castle
#Critics
#Haters
#BookArt
#WritingPrompts
#ReadersLife
#IndieBooks
#WritingCommunity
9 days ago
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The tree that touches the clouds still drinks from the soil. No height of success ever excuses you from the ground of your dependence. Stay Humble.
#Humility
#Pride
#Success
#Grounding
#Clouds
#Quotes
#ShortReads
#QuickRead
#WritingAdviceDaily
#BookTok
#SpinePoetry
#Author
#WritingCommunity
9 days ago
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You are not what you lose; you are what the losing shapes you to be.
#Losing
#Loss
#win
#Quotes
#BooksOfTwitter
#WritingGoals
#ReadingNook
#DarkRomance
#FirstLine
#WritingCommunity
#GraphicDesign
9 days ago
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The shadow you flee from stretches longest; the one you walk toward shrinks beneath your feet. Confront the thing to rob it of the power it only ever has while your back is turned.
#SoulSearching
#Fear
#Courage
#Shadows
#Quotes
#Inspiration
#Motivation
#AmWritingFantasy
#Otaku
#WritersLife
#anime
9 days ago
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Let wonder outlast familiarity. A jaded eye sees the same door a thousand times. A curious one finds a thousand doors in the same. Choose the humility of not knowing over the comfort of assuming you already do.
#StayCurious
#BookHoarder
#WritingSpace
#CharacterArt
#WritingCommunity
#AIArt
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The "Echo Chamber" Only consuming media (books, films, etc.) that align perfectly with one's own tastes and worldview, leading to a narrow, unoriginal creative perspective.
#EchoChamber
#BookBuzz
#WritingMotivation
#ReadersCommunity
#PoetryWriting
#BookishProblems
#WritingCommunity
#GraphicDesig
9 days ago
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The winding path praises its own shadows, but the straight line is the one that arrives. The measure of a story is not the effort it took to tell it, but the clarity it leaves behind.
#TheFearOfSimplicity
#Writesky
#WritingCommunity
#Quotes
#Unveiled
#AIArt
#Amateur
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A single fig seed tumbled from a bird’s beak and landed in a crevice of cracked, forgotten earth.
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#Proverbs
#Parables
#Quotes
#Wisdom
#ShortStory
#StoryTelling
#WriteSky
#Readsky
#BookSky
#Amateur
#Writer
#Indie
#Author
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The Fig Seed
Short Story
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10 days ago
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The stars are not lost when the sun rises; they are simply waiting for their time to be seen again. Your hope is not gone just because you cannot feel it right now. It is still there, resting until the moment you need it most.
#Hope
#NeverGiveUp
#Writing
#Reader
#ShortStories
#GraphicDesign
10 days ago
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He who spends hours sharpening the blade to rule the kingdom shall die a squire. The pursuit of perfecting tool, build, or argument becomes a trap that substitutes preparation for the act of doing.
#Perfectionism
#Procrastination
#Distraction
#WritingCommunity
#Writesky
#5amwriters
#6amwriters
10 days ago
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The sapling that doubts its roots will never trust its fruits. Self-doubt about your foundation prevents you from truly owning your own achievements.
#ImposterSyndrome
#SelfDoubt
#Achievements
#Bookworm
#AmWriting
#Booksky
#SelfHelp
#WritingInspo
#AIArt
#ShortReads
#Motivation
#Inspiration
#Quotes
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#Design
#Designer
#Graphics
#Cover
#AmateurWriter
#SelfPublished
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10 days ago
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Don’t envy their motion. Look at your stillness.
#Bookish
#WritersOfBlueSky
#ReadersCommunity
#Cozy
#Mystery
#WritingJourney
#AIArt
#ShortReads
#Jealousy
#Envy
#Motion
#Grind
#KeepMoving
#BeStill
#Movement
#Move
#Inspiration
#Motivation
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A crooked stitch holds the quilt together better than a straight one ever could. Not everybody/everything has to be perfect. It’s okay to be your clumsy self.
#Perfection
#Clumsy
#Quilting
#Stitching
#Booknerds
#WritingCommunity
#ReadingGoals
#Books
#CreativeWritingCommunity
#AIArt
#ShortReads
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Every writer who ever lived had a reason not to write. The ones you’ve heard of wrote anyway. #Writesky #Booksky #Readsky #SelfPublished #Writerscommunity #Kafka #EdgarAllanPoe #JohnKeats #Fiction #Poetry #Procrastination #Motivation #Inspiration
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Old Writers Died Poor. New Writers Refresh Their Stats Instead.
A history of writers making everything harder than it needs to be
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11 days ago
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Paid $120,000 to learn how to dice an onion & my grandma still does it faster. #ÉcoleFerrandi @JoëlRobuchon #MichelinStar #TsujiCulinaryInstitute #CulinaryInstituteAmerica @GastónAcurio #LeCordonBleuLima @FatmataBinta
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#ÉcoleFerrandi
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Braised, Confused and Broke
What the world’s most prestigious kitchens tell culinary schools...or don't
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11 days ago
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The nest that cradles the chick will also become its cage if the bird never leaps. What protects you in the beginning will trap you in the end if you lack the courage to outgrow it.
#ComfortZones
#Growth
#BookLove
#AuthorTools
#BookishLife
#SpeculativeFiction
#WritersCommunity
#AIArt
#ShortReads
11 days ago
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The game ends, but the cunning hand that learned to play it does not. While the immediate moment of play is fleeting, its true value lies in the lasting skills, strategies, and resilience it builds within us.
#Play
#Books
#WritersSupportingWriters
#ReadingList
#WritingRoutine
#AIArt
#ShortReads
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Worry digs a well for tomorrow’s thirst, but drinks from the water meant for today. It exhausts the strength needed for the present by obsessing over a future it cannot control.
#Worry
#BookishThoughts
#AmQuerying
#CurrentlyWatching
#BookPhotography
#MemoirWriting
#AIArt
#ShortReads
11 days ago
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Fear's a key that only turns the lock on the cage you're standing inside of. Fear has the power to trap you, but only because you're the one holding it & choosing to use it on the very boundaries you assume are unbreakable.
#Overcoming
#Fear
#Courage
#AuthorCommunity
#WritingHabits
#AIArt
#Shorts
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A path split by doubt leads to 2 certainties: the place you never left, & time you cannot get back. Paralyzing indecision doesn’t prevent cost. It trades risk of choosing the wrong road for guaranteed loss of time spent standing still.
#Doubt
#WritersNetwork
#WritingProcess
#AIArt
#ShortReads
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A tree doesn't beg the forest to taste its fruit. Your worth remains true whether it is acknowledged or not. Just as a tree’s fruit holds its value regardless of who walks by to savor it, your value does not depend on external validation to exist.
#KnowYourWorth
#WritingLife
#AIArt
#ShortReads
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The seed the wind rejects, the soil awaits. What dismisses you is simply carrying you toward the place where you are meant to take root.
#Rejection
#BookTwitter
#WritersCorner
#BookObsessed
#WritingProgress
#MysteryBooks
#AIArt
#ShortReads
11 days ago
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The fruit ripens not by the tugging of the hand, but by the staying of the sun. Effort alone cannot force a desired result before natural time; It's the sustained, gentle presence of time & consistency that brings about the sweet success.
#Patience
#Time
#Consistency
#Success
#Writesky
#AIArt
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A stone that skips across water sees only the surface; one that sinks learns the depth of the river. True understanding comes not from fleeting glances, but from willingness to immerse oneself fully & observe deeply.
#Attention
#Observation
#WritersLife
#DebutAuthor
#Poetry
#AIArt
#ShortReads
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Does the bird trust the branch not to break or does it trusts its wings to catch it? Have a spine. Believe in yourself.
#BelieveInYourself
#SelfEsteem
#Courage
#SelfImprovement
#Wings
#Birds
#SelfPublished
#BookNerd
#PlotDevelopment
#NonFiction
#ReadingRoutine
#AIArt
#ShortReads
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A house built without a plumb line will lean long before the storm. The plumb line is discipline…invisible when things are easy, but the only thing keeping your structure true when the world's weight tests it.
#Discipline
#Foundation
#Perservernce
#AmEditing
#WritingMotivation
#AIArt
#ShortReads
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The soul’s wealth is not measured by what it holds, but by what it refuses to relinquish when it has nothing left to lose.
#Poverty
#Broke
#NoTengoDinero
#WritingTips
#BookAddict
#Memoir
#Storytelling
#YoungAdultBooks
#AIArt
#ShortReads
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The only thing standing between you and your best work is the comfortable lie that you’re not ready yet. #Create #WritersBlock #WritingCommunity #5amWriters #6amWriters #Booksky #Readsky #Indie
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Get Your Creative Life Together Without Reading Self-Help Garbage
A reading list for people who know they should read more but secretly hate being told what to do
https://open.substack.com/pub/thethoughtfulupgrade/p/get-your-creative-life-together-without?r=5pvlm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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The silent language in your chest is the map of smoke that navigated your ancestor through darkness. To ignore it is to drift without stars, waiting to be dashed upon a shore your bones already knew how to avoid.
#TrustYourInstincts
#WritersBlock
#BookClub
#Publishing
#PageTurn
#AIArt
#ShortRead
11 days ago
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The sculptor stared at the cold, flawed marble for a year seeing nothing. Until his daughter laid her small hand upon it. She asked what he was waiting for. He finally picked up his chisel.
#Poetry
#ShortStory
#Inspiration
#Sculpting
#WritingAdvice
#NovelWriting
#CozyReading
#CreativeWriting
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I played the crooked deal as if it were straight, And watched the table’s pity curdle into awe, When I trumped my own misfortune, With a patience none of them had drawn.
#AuthorLife
#PlotTwist
#Bookstagram
#FirstDraft
#AIArt
#ShortReads
#TexasHoldEm
#Poker
#Gambler
#Casino
#LasVegas
#Poetry
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They burned the book, but the ash settled into the ink of a hundred kindled minds.
#HowToWrite
#BooksToRead
#RomanceNovels
#WritingInspiration
#BookHaul
#AIArt
#ShortReads
#Ban
#BookBan
#AnimalFarm
#GeorgeOrwell1984
#DisappearingBooks
#Books
#BannedBooks
12 days ago
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The ending is not where you prove you are smart. It is where you prove you were paying attention. #StoryWriting #WriteSky #ScriptSky #ScreenSky #Guide #SelfTaught #Amateur #Inspiration #BookSky #Indie #Quotes #Motivation #WritingCommunity
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Choose a Wound, a Wink, or a Door Left Open
Stop overthinking the last page and give your story the ending it actually earned
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The dancer’s body forgot the blood, the blisters, and the midnight studios the moment the music began, but the audience, seeing only the effortless arc of her arm, never knew that her grace was the resulting scar of all the practice.
#Writesky
#Reading
#WIP
#IndieAuthor
#AIArt
#ShortReads
12 days ago
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The first drop that fell with no ambition other than to fall, Eventually eroded into a canyon so vast it changed the course of rivers.
#BookRecommendations
#AmWriting
#WritingCommunity
#FantasyBooks
#WritingTips
#AIArt
#ShortReads
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We spent a fortune in motion chasing a destination that kept its distance, only to realize too late that the horizon we were sprinting toward was never a place to arrive, but a promise designed to vanish the moment we got close.
#Poetry
#WritingRetreat
#WritingMindset
#AIArt
#WritersCommunity
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After a lifetime contorting yourself into what the world demanded, believing achievement the price of love, Quiet revelation came not in triumph but in wreckage of exhaustion. The simple, unadorned offering of your genuine self wasn't a concession but the entire point.
#Poetry
#Writesky
#Read
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The road map led to a cliff, so I burned it and followed the river’s voice instead, finally learning where I was meant to go.
#LifeJourney
#Changes
#Planning
#Impromptu
#Destiny
#Fate
#Pivoting
#BounceBack
#WritingTipsAndTricks
#WritingInspo
#BookishArt
#AIArt
#WritersCommunity
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