Tip 1: Start a blog and be consistent about posting on it. Be your true authentic self on that blog. Write what you want to write NOT what you think people want to read....Via Kevin Hodgson
Tip 2: The only people who have time to write are in prison. The rest of us make time. I get that your life is busy. .... Make. The. Time. That’s how writers are made.
Tip 3: (I wrote this one while sitting in the forest of Inwood Hill Park.) Take care of yourself while doing the work. Writing what we write is often so hard, so taxing on the heart & spirit, so please do practice self-care....
Tip 4: If something makes you cringe & want to run from the page, you’re probably onto something. Keep going! Push through! Then treat yourself to something that will make you sigh & smile.
Tip 5: Stop expecting people to honor your process. Demand that shit! Honor your writing time. And yes, that means your partner, your kids, your parents, everybody. When you’re working, you’re working. ...
Tip 6: (Some people will take issue with this tip but I’m good with that.) You should be writing with people who are at least as good as or better than you. Pats on the back are great but they won’t help you grow as a writer. ...
Tip 7: READ! Writing is reading! Seriously, READ! Read voraciously....
Tip 8: In the book Outliers, author Malcolm Gladwell says that it takes roughly ten thousand hours of practice to achieve mastery in a field. In other words, it would take 416.6 days of you writing round the clock to master the craft. What’s my point? That you can always get better. ...
“13 Ways To Hack Your Writing” by @Human_Parts https://t.co/mcprYEkt6f
— KevinHodgson (@dogtrax) April 22, 2015
---Jim Butcher, at Dragon Con 2013 was asked about writing fight scenes in his fantasy books. He stated that real fights are messy and usually quick but in writing, one should write them like tennis matches so the action is clear.
From Sword n Laser #140
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