Bob Andelman
Ask lots of questions.
Or, as I used to tell the middle school soccer girls I coached for most than a decade: "You've got two ears, one mouth. Listen twice as much as you speak and you'll go far."
Read your work aloud. Does it sound natural or forced?
And if what you've written is boring you, don't impose it on others! Fix it, rewrite it, and don't share it until you're as excited by it as you want readers to be.
Or, as I used to tell the middle school soccer girls I coached for most than a decade: "You've got two ears, one mouth. Listen twice as much as you speak and you'll go far."
Read your work aloud. Does it sound natural or forced?
And if what you've written is boring you, don't impose it on others! Fix it, rewrite it, and don't share it until you're as excited by it as you want readers to be.
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