And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.
~Sylvia Plath
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Timely! Wow, really, thank you!
I recently realized that the story I am writing is incredibly similar - coincidentally! - to another story that is popular right now. It is simply the themes on my heart, though - I can't change it or not write it. This quote and the C.S. Lewis one below on originality gives me hope.
Tricia Goyer is the author of thirty books including Songbird Under a German Moon, The Swiss Courier, and the mommy memoir, Blue Like Play Dough. She won Historical Novel of the Year in 2005 and 2006 from ACFW, and was honored with the Writer of the Year award from Mt. Hermon Writer's Conference in 2003. Tricia's book Life Interrupted was a finalist for the Gold Medallion in 2005. In addition to her novels, Tricia writes non-fiction books and magazine articles for publications like MomSense and Thriving Family. Tricia is a regular speaker at conventions and conferences, and has been a workshop presenter at the MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) International Conventions. She and her family make their home in Little Rock, Arkansas where they are part of the ministry of FamilyLife.
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Timely! Wow, really, thank you!
I recently realized that the story I am writing is incredibly similar - coincidentally! - to another story that is popular right now. It is simply the themes on my heart, though - I can't change it or not write it. This quote and the C.S. Lewis one below on originality gives me hope.
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