#authorsperogative

#WritersLiberation #BreakingTheMould #WritingTips #WritersLife I think editors are very much like pastors. They can be invaluable to or stiffle your growth. Like Pastors, they must be chosen wisely. Not anyone with training and a certificate will do. It also of little importance how many they can boast of in their portolio (or congregation). Ultimately, the question is - are you going in the same direction. Do they know and understand where you are trying to go and do they know how and have the resources to get you there? The other thing you should watch out for are TOXIC editors. Just like toxic pastors, their desire is to keep you under their control and continually reliant on them. They don't desire your growth and independence, but desire to feed off you continually. A good editor is like a good pastor. Their aim is for you to no longer need them. You see, leaders groom leaders. Pastors train up able ministers. Editors mentor bestselling, confident writers. They are as friends who praise and celebrate you and your growth, who aren't competing with you and who you CHOOSE to keep going to because you trust them and know that they really LOVE you! #AuthorsPerogative #WritersFreedom #WordSmith #DoItYourWay #BookEditing #Editor #Grammar #Research #Write #Creativity #Imagination #Freedom #WritingFiction #WritersOfInstagram #AuthorsOfInstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BpbemGHnS5A/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=j4tud52osu8t

#WritingTips #WritersDilemma #WritersLiberation You can write: "They kissed sweetly." And leave it as it is. Standing as a lone paragraph. That sentence is just as pregnant as the shortest Bible verse: "Jesus wept". How do you feel when you read "Jesus wept"? Can you imagine it? Do you feel the writer should have elaborated or wrote instead: "His shoulders heaved in sobs as He was filled with much anguish...?" Or "Jesus' tears, like glistening diamonds, fell from his rugged face, as his nose ran with mucus." Seriously? I wouldn't prefer that. Sometimes, less is more. Poets know this. Poetry is pregnant with meaning, stirring and leaving much to the reader's imagination. So writers, you can choose to elaborate on "They kissed sweetly." You can use completely different words to show the same imagery and aid the reader's imagination. Or you can leave it simply that way. The trick is to use many styles in the same story. There are times for showing and times for telling. It's your #perogative! #AuthorsPerogative #WritersFreedom #ShowDontTell #ShowAndTell #Poetic #Poetry #DescriptiveWriting #LessIsMore #WordSmith #DoItYourWay #BookEditing #Write #Imagination #Freedom #WritingFiction #WritersOfInstagram #AuthorsOfInstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BpTauKxnbB-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vehesvo2g86p