This is something I read on Reddit today and found interesting. 🤔 Writer’s block is actually a plot hole. 📃 If you are sitting in front of your word doc, staring at your story and unable to force yourself to go further, you probably have a plot hole, or an under-explored/under-explained piece of lore, or an undeveloped character, or a lack of direction/overarching themes. In short, you haven’t figured everything out yet, and this inability to move forward is your sign to figure out what that is. Go back up the line and build the next step that you need for yourself in the current spot in the story. 🌟 What's your opinion on this take? Do you agree?

Amanda Hocking is one of the first self-published authors to earn millions through paranormal romance novels on Amazon. Hocking started writing at a young age, & vy the time she was working in residential care in her mid-twenties, she had already written over a dozen books, many of which she pitched to agents without success. 🌟 As the story goes, her turning point came in 2010 when she posted her books on Amazon to make $300 for a trip to see an exhibition about Muppet creator Jim Henson. 🌟 Little did she know that this decision would change her life dramatically. Her stories quickly found a devoted fanbase and, within a year, she'd sold over a million copies! You can do this too! It's a great time to be a writer. No more rejection letters from publishing agencies. Take matters into your own hands! There is an audience for everyone. Put your work out there so your audiences can find you.

As the story goes, Christopher Paolini wrote his debut, Eragon, as a 15-year-old. However, he finished and self-published the epic fantasy children’s novel at 19 with his parents’ help. The young author then tirelessly promoted his book, embarking on a country-wide book tour, appearing in schools, festivals, bookshops, libraries, and anywhere else he could (in medieval garb, no less). A year later, Paolini was approached by Alfred A. Knopf with a publishing deal for Eragon and the rest of The Inheritance Cycle. The series has since sold over 35 million copies, giving Paolini the Guinness World Record for being the “youngest author of a bestselling book series.” ____________________________________________________ 🌟 What are you doing to promote your book? There's a difference between publishing a book and marketing a book. It's not enough to upload it to Amazon and hope people discover it. You have to go where the readers are. ✨

Where do these WINDS come from.. They are blowing They are showing they carry an echo one that I've heard before one that carries A darkness combined with a sense. A sense of comfort. The wind carries your voice. Letting me know, know That it is OK, to breathe to grieve. To laugh to remember. the happy To be angry WANT To fight the world.. To be bold.