15 pieces of unconventional writing advice:
1) Learn to appreciate all people, even the ones you hate. Study their behaviours and the way they think. All great writers are lifelong students of human nature.
2) Read less. One quality book beats ten mediocre books.
✏Daily Writing Tip:
Delete words that have no real function.
Don't say "Social media is changing the nature to which humans communicate"
When you can say "Social media is changing how humans communicate"
Wordiness is a sign of weak writing
Writing tip of the day: Play with words. Writing is not just telling a story or building a thesis. It’s also exploring words themselves, how they sound next to each other, the rhythm they create, long words after short words, short sentences after long, assonance & consonance.
Tip for Writers:
You'll forget 50% of your ideas.
When ideas spark from:
• Books
• Podcasts
• Conversations
Immediately write them down.
All it takes is 1 piece of writing to change your life.
Release day writing tip...
No matter how busy you are each day, take a moment to congratulate yourself for every word you write. It's one more word that counts and one more word closer to writing 'THE END'
And every word means something - if only to yourself.
Take care of you x
Perfect is the enemy of the good. It robs my work of its richness and saps my productivity.
There is a valuable tip that works for me, to go from perfection to excellence.
#writing#ship30for30
For the next 10 days I'm going to post 10 writing tip threads. Some people will like it, some won't, but if it helps just one person then it's a good thing. Here we go with tip 1. How to write a twist...
#10Days10WritingTips
The thing no one tells you is that even when you publish a book, you'll keep getting rejections over and over and over again.
It's okay, it's part of the process, I just wish people talked about it more.
How to develop your writing abilities; the structure of a good manuscript; practical tips for writing up research, reviews, articles on professional issues or policy, & personal narratives; + navigating the publishing process https://t.co/dRDL6SBaTK #phdchat#ecrchat#acwri