Martin Gallardo
I am an aspiring writer myself :)
My advice, read a lot about routines of the best writers. There are routines that most of them do, like a daily word count target. Follow them.
And for God´s sake, forget about style at the beginning. First, create a story that conveys a powerful message. What do you want to tell? What it is the question? Write 140 characters and test it with family, friends and genre readers. Is this a message they are interested? Outline the story in 3 paragraphs, are they still interested? Outline a 1-pager, are they STILL interested?
About grammar and style, it is so much better to hire a professional editor to help you. I write in Spanish and I pay for a pro-editor in Spanish. Then I pay for an editor/translator in English to work with me in the English version.
My advice, read a lot about routines of the best writers. There are routines that most of them do, like a daily word count target. Follow them.
And for God´s sake, forget about style at the beginning. First, create a story that conveys a powerful message. What do you want to tell? What it is the question? Write 140 characters and test it with family, friends and genre readers. Is this a message they are interested? Outline the story in 3 paragraphs, are they still interested? Outline a 1-pager, are they STILL interested?
About grammar and style, it is so much better to hire a professional editor to help you. I write in Spanish and I pay for a pro-editor in Spanish. Then I pay for an editor/translator in English to work with me in the English version.
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