Louella Bryant
1. Write. Keep a journal. Write every day.
2. Study your world through a writer's eyes. Dialogue. Landscape. Details. Take notes.
3. Join (or start) a writing group. Set rules and guidelines. Be sure members of your group are good readers.
4. Look into writing programs. They're worth the money for guidance as well as networking.
5. Go to writing conferences. Takes notes.
6. Read, read, read.
7. Never ever ever give up even if you paper your writing office with rejections.
8. Talk to published writers. Think of yourself as A WRITER!
2. Study your world through a writer's eyes. Dialogue. Landscape. Details. Take notes.
3. Join (or start) a writing group. Set rules and guidelines. Be sure members of your group are good readers.
4. Look into writing programs. They're worth the money for guidance as well as networking.
5. Go to writing conferences. Takes notes.
6. Read, read, read.
7. Never ever ever give up even if you paper your writing office with rejections.
8. Talk to published writers. Think of yourself as A WRITER!
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Sally Baldwin
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Louella Bryant:
I have read four of your books and they are very different from one another in terms of place, time, the characters' racial and socio-economic backgrounds. You obviously have many ideas for stories so my question is how do you determine which story ideas will "click" compelling you to actually sit down and write a whole book? Have you ever started a book and then half way into it decided you didn't want to finish it?
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