Pin Great Writing Quotes Around You To Stay Motivated

My favourite writing quotes — serious and funny

Sherryl Clark - writer, editor, poet.

5 min readFeb 11

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Everyone who writes or wants to write has their favorites. They’re the quotes that help to keep you motivated, or cheer you up on a bad rejection day, or get you to sit at the computer and do that 200 word minimum for the day.

Sherryl Clark - writer, editor, poet.

Written by Sherryl Clark - writer, editor, poet.

Writer, editor, book lover — I've published many children's books and three crime novels for adults so far. I edit other people's fiction and poetry.

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