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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.
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