Janice Schwarz
I'll go beyond the usual "write what you know" or "just sit and write".
Keep learning. About anything and everything.
Go out and get life experience, don't just keep your nose in a book.
In my 20's, I realized I'd spent most of my life reading and not living. So I went out, started doing lots of new things, experiencing new things, and going outside my comfort zone. I met people of all backgrounds; different cultures, geographic locations, rural and urban, and a variety of subcultures. I traveled a lot due to work and life and that helped too. Even before then, I was hard to shock. Now: I'm pretty much shock-proof.
Get out there and LIVE! Keep learning! Keep an open mind and study subjects from all points of via (AKA ditch your bias).
You'll suddenly find you have more to write about than you did before.
Keep learning. About anything and everything.
Go out and get life experience, don't just keep your nose in a book.
In my 20's, I realized I'd spent most of my life reading and not living. So I went out, started doing lots of new things, experiencing new things, and going outside my comfort zone. I met people of all backgrounds; different cultures, geographic locations, rural and urban, and a variety of subcultures. I traveled a lot due to work and life and that helped too. Even before then, I was hard to shock. Now: I'm pretty much shock-proof.
Get out there and LIVE! Keep learning! Keep an open mind and study subjects from all points of via (AKA ditch your bias).
You'll suddenly find you have more to write about than you did before.
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