Write well. Write often. Edit wisely.
Writing advice tends to focus on the basics, but many writers are beyond simple basics. Encouragement for successful and published writers who nonetheless want to improve their writing skills.
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Some lists of writing tips are written for those looking for easy fixes, for those who want to play at being writers without taking on the work of writing. This list is not one of those.
Most writers have heard the instruction that says to write what you know. I suggest that writers instead write about subjects that move them. Write from your passions.
A reminder that manuscripts need edits and that edits take time. Encouragement for writers when they discover they’re not as close to the end of a writing project as they thought they were since editing can take as long as writing the first draft.
Rejection is painful, and nasty rejection letters and negative feedback can cause writers to rethink their goals. Don’t let the negative bring you down.
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Just a word—or a thousand—for writers faced with discouragement from any source. You can defeat the giants arrayed against you.
Writers have personal strengths and weaknesses. What one writer nails every time, another might struggle with again and again. A reminder to assess your skills and improve those that weaken your writing.
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Rules are important in writing—of course they are—because they help the writer convey meaning and emotion and story in the best possible manner for his readers. Yet, adherence to the rules at the wrong time can create soulless fiction. A reminder to create with abandon.
Want to know if your reason for writing a novel is valid? It is. Whatever gets you to start and then complete your story is a legitimate reason to write.
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Sometimes it’s not about the rules. It’s about the act of writing. Just do it.
The reader will focus on what stands out. Turn the reader's attention where you want it to go.
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