Luccia Gray
Stephen King said it all: Read a lot and write a lot.
Read novels widely, outside your comfort zone. Read as a writer, thinking about how the novel engages the reader, or why it doesn't. What works well, what doesn't and what can you learn from the author.
Read books on writing by experts. My favourites are On Writing by King, and Save The Cat writes a novel by Jessica Brody, and The Miracle Morning for Writers by Hal Elrod and Steve Scott, but there are plenty of great books for writers. Read as many as you can.
Write every day, write blog posts, poems, flash fiction, short stories, novellas, novels, story outlines, ideas, letters, journals, just write!
Don't wait for inspiration. You want to write, so you must have plenty of ideas, write. Write every day, or as often as you can. If you're serious about writing and it's your passion, you have to find the time to do it. Get up an hour earlier, go to bed later, stop watching so much TV or scrolling through social media.
Make time to read and write. It's the only way to stop being an aspiring writer and become a good writer.
Any questions? Just ask!
Read novels widely, outside your comfort zone. Read as a writer, thinking about how the novel engages the reader, or why it doesn't. What works well, what doesn't and what can you learn from the author.
Read books on writing by experts. My favourites are On Writing by King, and Save The Cat writes a novel by Jessica Brody, and The Miracle Morning for Writers by Hal Elrod and Steve Scott, but there are plenty of great books for writers. Read as many as you can.
Write every day, write blog posts, poems, flash fiction, short stories, novellas, novels, story outlines, ideas, letters, journals, just write!
Don't wait for inspiration. You want to write, so you must have plenty of ideas, write. Write every day, or as often as you can. If you're serious about writing and it's your passion, you have to find the time to do it. Get up an hour earlier, go to bed later, stop watching so much TV or scrolling through social media.
Make time to read and write. It's the only way to stop being an aspiring writer and become a good writer.
Any questions? Just ask!
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