Tarn Richardson
Write. Write every day. And if you're not writing, think about writing. If you can't do that, or the thought fills you with dread, give up.
Be unique, be different with your writing. Don't follow the pack. Do something which no one else has done before (tricky I know!). Come at things from a different angle.
Be selfish. Focus on yourself and your 'writer's voice'. Your friends will resent you for shutting yourself away whilst you're writing and hate you when you get published - but if they do then they were never really friends in the first place.
Finally, don't write to become famous or rich. Write because you want to and you feel you have something to say. If you think you'll make a living out of it or be able to do it as a full time career, you're going to be sadly disappointed.
Be unique, be different with your writing. Don't follow the pack. Do something which no one else has done before (tricky I know!). Come at things from a different angle.
Be selfish. Focus on yourself and your 'writer's voice'. Your friends will resent you for shutting yourself away whilst you're writing and hate you when you get published - but if they do then they were never really friends in the first place.
Finally, don't write to become famous or rich. Write because you want to and you feel you have something to say. If you think you'll make a living out of it or be able to do it as a full time career, you're going to be sadly disappointed.
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