Emily C.A. Snyder
Complete a project. Submit it. Repeat.
Remember you're a business. If you're sending a half-completed Western to a fantasy agent, you haven't done your homework yet.
Treat writing like a profession, not a hobby. Be courteous. Be prompt. Be kind.
Read work that's like yours. Read books in your genre that are great - and books that are bad. Dissect them. Why did they work? Why did they fail? What can you learn?
Endure. Write. Complete. Submit. Repeat.
Remember you're a business. If you're sending a half-completed Western to a fantasy agent, you haven't done your homework yet.
Treat writing like a profession, not a hobby. Be courteous. Be prompt. Be kind.
Read work that's like yours. Read books in your genre that are great - and books that are bad. Dissect them. Why did they work? Why did they fail? What can you learn?
Endure. Write. Complete. Submit. Repeat.
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Which do you prefer to write - if forced to pick - plays? Novels? Screenplays? Poems? Other?
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