Cassandra Jules Corrigan
The best writing advice I ever received was from children's book author Michael Shoulders. He challenged a group of young writers, myself included, to think of five steps to getting published. We came up with:
1. Write
2. Edit
3. Rewrite
4. Reedit
5. Send to publisher
Michael Shoulders then told us that we were all categorically wrong. The real 5 steps are:
1. Read
2. Read
3. Read
4. Write
5. Send
It seems counterintuitive, but I really believe he was onto something. The biggest thing you can do to become a successful writer is to read other peoples' work and learn from it.
1. Write
2. Edit
3. Rewrite
4. Reedit
5. Send to publisher
Michael Shoulders then told us that we were all categorically wrong. The real 5 steps are:
1. Read
2. Read
3. Read
4. Write
5. Send
It seems counterintuitive, but I really believe he was onto something. The biggest thing you can do to become a successful writer is to read other peoples' work and learn from it.
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