Don't stop learning. Always look to grow in your craft. Take classes, attend webinars, go to conventions and conferences. The secret to getting to the top of the mountain is realizing there is no top. Only more climbing.
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Understand that you are not just an artist. You are a business. You have to understand the rules of the game if you want to win.
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Feedback is GOLDEN when it comes from the right source. Friends and family are not that source. Find critique groups/partners, writing clubs, alpha/beta readers, etc.
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START WHAT YOU FINISH. Half finished manuscripts aren't manuscripts. You can't learn from the process if you don't complete it!
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As Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch first coined, "murder your darlings." Get comfortable scrapping bits and pieces, if not the whole, when necessary! It will be painful, but sometimes the only way to grow is through pain.
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If you wait for inspiration, you'll be waiting forever. Stop waiting. CREATE the inspiration by establishing habits and discipline around your writing.
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READ like a writer. Analyze the story, what works and what doesn't? WHY does it work or why doesn't it? What would you change, what would you improve? Do the same with every day life! Baldacci calls this the writer's prism.
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Sometimes no matter how much we love someone...they were never truly ours. Grab some tissues for this one, Room 308 is now live and FREE on my website!
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One word. One word today is my only expectation for you. Because one word, turns into two, turns into ten, turns into a chapter. Just start. #writingtips#amwriting
My best #writingadvice ? JUST WRITE. Don't worry about the word or page count, don't worry about deadlines, don't worry about agents and publishers. That all comes later. Right now, just write. #writingtips#writingcommunity
You don't have to wait for inspiration if you just create it. How? Create momentum, no matter how small. One page a day is better than none. #writingtips#amwriting
Write the story you want to read. Better yet, don't outline. Pants your way through it and it will be like you are the very first person to read the story because it unfolds in front of you if you let it! #writingtips#amwriting