Ask the Author: David Scott Smith
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David Scott Smith
Go for a run. Read old works I've already written. Think about what I would want to read that day.
David Scott Smith
Write anyway. I write a new essay every Monday, and sometimes I wake up with no inspiration and so I look at books and read other works, and look at my notes that I gather. Sometimes going for a run helps me. But ultimately, it's getting words on paper.
David Scott Smith
One of the main reasons to write is to have your work read, to share your thoughts and ideas in a way that others will find them interesting or compelling. So being read is toward the top on the list of best things.
David Scott Smith
Write every day. Write every time it occurs to you, whenever the thought comes. Words are sometimes like herding cats, so if you get a few together, act on it.
David Scott Smith
A work of fiction and one of non fiction.
David Scott Smith
Hope This Finds you is a compilation of over twenty years of essays I've shared with my readers.
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