Poets & Writers Live austin inspiration live tweet round-up

This weekend I attended Poets & Writers Live in Austin. The theme was "Inspiration". Below are my live tweets from the event in a handy-dandy list for your viewing pleasure. I will be posting a follow-up of my impressions of the event soon. 

Lets do this. #pwlive starts with Elizabeth McCracken. pic.twitter.com/8BoUolFo3w

— Holly Walrath (@HollyLynWalrath) January 9, 2016

Think a/b every bad price of writing advice and disagree so loudly you write a poem or fiction about it. --Elizabeth McCracken #PWLive

— Holly Walrath (@HollyLynWalrath) January 9, 2016

.@theferocity on memoir writing: Can I make an object of my past self? #PWLive

— Holly Walrath (@HollyLynWalrath) January 9, 2016

On daily writing: "To get started with something tiny can be a gift to ourselves." --Naomi Shihab Nye #PWLive

— Holly Walrath (@HollyLynWalrath) January 9, 2016

"When you're writing a novel you want to keep it to yourself until the creature is done." @EdwardCarey70 #PWLive

— Holly Walrath (@HollyLynWalrath) January 9, 2016

Without a hyper sensitivity to the relationship that happens at the beginning of one's poems one cannot get to the end. -Alex Lemon #PWLive

— Holly Walrath (@HollyLynWalrath) January 9, 2016

"Dig into the mistakes...everything in there will give you the keynote for what you've written." - Susan Schorn #PWLive

— Holly Walrath (@HollyLynWalrath) January 9, 2016

"Which brings us to the second rule: You can't just look away." -David Searcy #PWLive

— Holly Walrath (@HollyLynWalrath) January 9, 2016

"I'm a Sunday writer but I insist on every day being a Sunday." --David Searcy. #PWLive

— Holly Walrath (@HollyLynWalrath) January 9, 2016

"Nonfiction is meaningless. It's the only genre defined by what it is not." --Matthew Gavin Frank #PWLive

— Holly Walrath (@HollyLynWalrath) January 9, 2016

With or without God this moment continues to end and end. @CarrieLFountain #PWLive

— Holly Walrath (@HollyLynWalrath) January 9, 2016

Ben Percy's use of a Grover picture book to explain narrative is the best thing ever. Things could not be more desperate. #PWLive

— Holly Walrath (@HollyLynWalrath) January 9, 2016

@EbPoetry taking the stage ya'll. #PWLive

— Holly Walrath (@HollyLynWalrath) January 9, 2016