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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community

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Follow #sparksandscribbles for writing prompts/challenges on Mondays to unleash your creativity as a writer. Hosted by: @lizsanfilippohall.bsky.social & @writerceci.bsky.social Stay tuned for writing challenges and co-writing sessions!

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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What lesson does your character learn at the final confrontation in Act Three? #AhaMoment #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
What lesson does your character learn at the final confrontation in Act Three? #AhaMoment

 #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What is the flaw your character is finally forced to face at the end of Act Two? #DarkNightOfTheSoul #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
What is the flaw your character is finally forced to face at the end of Act Two? #DarkNightOfTheSoul

#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
An invitation to write with @lizsanfilippohall.bsky.social and be inspired with some super fun writing exercises! Bonus, it's FREE. #WriteSky
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
How does your antagonist raise the stakes for your hero in the second half of your story? #BadGuysCloseIn #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We want to hear from you. Share a favorite snippet from the second act of your story. #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
We want to hear from you. Share a favorite snippet from the second act of your story.
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
How do you avoid a “saggy middle” and ensure your character keeps moving forward? #Midpoint #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week! #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
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Ceci Li @writerceci.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Nothing beats that warm fuzzy feeling of rereading your highlighted quotes from your favorite books on a quiet evening. #booksky #readers
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Liz SanFilippo Hall, Author @lizsanfilippohall.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I used to think I had “too many ideas”… now I realize it’s a superpower, because it means I’ll never run out of things to write about! But… writer beware: we still need to be cautious of shiny-object syndrome. substack.com/home/post/p-... #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Brainstorming
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
How does your protagonist love or hate the new world? #FunAndGames #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Have you ever doubted your writing? Do you think it's slowed you down in pursuit of your own writing goals/dreams?
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
How does your subplot tie into your main theme? #BStory #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week! #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“Respect your characters, even the ­minor ones. In art, as in life, everyone is the hero of their own particular story.” —Sarah Waters
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
How do your main character’s old beliefs clash against their “new world”? #BreakIntoTwo #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
How do your main character’s old beliefs clash against their “new world”? #BreakIntoTwo

#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week! #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“It doesn't have to be the truth, just your vision of it, written down.” —Virginia Woolf
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Time to share your writing! Share a favorite snippet about your book’s world. #ActOne #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week! #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“Let the meaning choose the word, and not the other way around.” — George Orwell
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
What makes your hero reluctant to explore the new world, and what is the drive that finally pushes them forward? #Debate #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
What makes your hero reluctant to explore the new world, and what is the drive that finally pushes them forward? #Debate #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week! #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
What is the life-changing or inciting incident that catapults your main character into their new world or new way of thinking? #Catalyst #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
What is the life-changing or inciting incident that catapults your main character into their new world or new way of thinking? #Catalyst #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
What are the themes you hint at in the beginning of your story? #Theme #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
What are the themes you hint at in the beginning of your story? #Theme #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week! #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through the fingers.” —Edward Abbey
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
What world does your protagonist live in, and how does it impact the story? #OpeningImage #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
What world does your protagonist live in, and how does it impact the story? #OpeningImage

#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Before we kick off our new challenge, we want to hear from you. Share a snippet from your book about your favorite side character. #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
Before we kick off our new challenge, we want to hear from you. Share a snippet from your book about your favorite side character.
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Our next 12-week challenge kicks off July 6th, and we’ll be talking all about our story structure. Repost and join the conversation! We can’t wait to hear more about your story. #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
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Liz SanFilippo Hall, Author @lizsanfilippohall.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
What are your writing goals for this summer season? Shout them out here! #WriteSky #SummerWriting #KitLit #AmWriting #AmEditing
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
How do the other characters impact your protagonist? #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
How do the other characters impact your protagonist?
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week! #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“You don't write novels for a reaction. You write novels for very personal reasons.” — Brett Easton Ellis
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
How is your antagonist different from your main character? #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
We all love a cute puppy or snarky sea creature. Who are your non-human characters, if you have any? And what do you love or hate about them? #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
We all love a cute puppy or snarky sea creature. Who are your non-human characters, if you have any? And what do you love or hate about them?
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Happy first Friday of June from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week! #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“This thing between me and my writing is the strongest bond I have ever had.” — Katherine Anne Porter
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Who is your favorite side character in your story, and why? #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
How is your character different at the end of the story compared to the beginning? #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week! #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“If you’re determined and you’re really about what you say, then all you need is a strong voice.” ― Shayla Avery
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
How do community and culture shape your main character in your story? #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
How do community and culture shape your main character in your story?
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week! #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly.” — Alain de Botton
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
What is your character’s main goal that pushes them into their “new” world? #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
What is your character’s main goal that pushes them into their “new” world?
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week! #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“You’ll find the story will take on an energy of its own, like a wound-up spring, and then you’ll just have to follow it,” — Janet Fitch
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
What does your main character value? (i.e. money, power, friendships, etc.) #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
What does your main character value? (i.e. money, power, friendships, etc.)
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Happy first Friday of April from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week! #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“I have found that a story leaves a deeper impression when it is impossible to tell which side the author is on.” — Leo Tolstoy
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
What is your main character’s desire? What do they fear? What’s at stake for them? #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week! #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“Language does not always have to wear a tie and lace up shoes.” — Stephen King
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
How does your main character react in a crowded room? #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
How does your main character react in a crowded room?
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week! #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“Good writing is always about things that are important to you, things that are scary to you, things that eat you up.” —John Edgar Wideman
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
What are some of your character’s personality and physical quirks? Special talents? Hobbies? #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week! #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom, but they dare to go it alone.” —John Updike
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Let’s spend the month of April focused on character development. How is your main character like you and/or different from you? #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
Let’s spend the month of April on character development. How is your main character like you and/or different from you?
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Happy first Friday of April from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week! #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“Every book is the wreck of a perfect idea.” —Iris Murdoch
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Stay tuned for our next #sparksandscribbles writing challenge. We will focus on the craft of writing for the 12 weeks of spring, starting on April 6th. Who’s with us? #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
Stay tuned for our next writing challenge. We will focus on the craft of writing for the 12 weeks of spring, starting on April 6th.
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Sparks and Scribbles - A Creative Writing Community @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Happy last Friday of March from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week! #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“Humility is not a virtue in a writer, it is an absolute necessity.” — James Lee Burke
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