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Too many writers are trying to come up with bold, unique, new—and that's why their writing doesn't read True.
Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Tyler set all of her books in Baltimore.
Guess where she lived...
Write. What. You. Know.
(This goes for sci-fi and fantasy too.)
I started writing when I was a teen. My first five books were all rejected, but I kept trying. Finally, my sixth book broke through, and I got an offer for publication in 2022, over twenty years from when I started writing my first book.
It's a dream come true!
It takes me about 4 months to write a novel. Here are my tips:
1. Sit down and start writing
2. Be consistent in how long you write.
3. Always read through your previous days work before you start working that day.
4. Sacrifice the souls of your enemies to the dark lord.
Simple.
Of all the bot/scam accounts who send messages trying to get engagement, posing as someone involved in the #WritingCommunity and opening with:
"I saw your book on your profile, did you write it?"
Might be the dumbest.