Just An Idea [Writing Tips]

Advice

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Read. Anything that interests you and many things that don’t.

~  Welcome criticism.

~  Write something new.

~  Refuse to quit.

~  Learn how to critique.

~  Learn how to self-edit.

~  Write when you feel good. Write when you feel bad.  Write when you feel nothing.

~  Rewrite. More than once.

~  Try a new style, genre, POV, or era.

~  Write short, sharp sentences. Write long, flowing phrases. Work at your weaknesses. Practice writing.

~  Take the time to get it right. Don’t settle for so-so or just "okay."

~ Change your story ending, change your story opening.

~  Change something when it doesn’t work, even if what doesn’t work is your protagonist or plot.

~  Don’t make excuses. Conquer the problem plot. Conquer your writing fears.

~  Spend more time writing than talking about writing.

~  Stand up for yourself and your words.

~ Be willing to change a word, a sentence, an event, a scene, a chapter, a direction.

~  Be serious about your writing but don’t always take yourself seriously.

~ Dream big; plan realistically.

~  Realize that you might not be a writer.

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Are you writing today?  Let's hope you are and that your reader will have the same reaction you did.