Best Writing Advice in 30 Seconds
We’ve featured various writing advice related articles the last few months: Julie Tetel Andresen shared her Handy Writing Tips with us, Emma Darwin outlined Past Tense vs Present Tense writing, Kate Long explained it’s better to Pick your Own Writing Tips and you tweeted us with your Worst Writing Tips.
Hence it was about time we asked you: What is the Best Writing Advice you’ve ever had?
Evening everyone…What's the best writing advice you've ever had?
— Women Writers (@WomenWriters) December 2, 2013
@WomenWriters "The first draft of anything is shit."
— Angela Rynan Durrell (@Rowaenthe) December 2, 2013
@WomenWriters Just get the words down. You can make them pretty later.
— Sandra Carey Cody (@sandracody) December 2, 2013
@WomenWriters When in doubt, cut it out.
— A. E. Haldy (@aehaldy) December 2, 2013
@WomenWriters No writing is ever wasted. Even if it's not working, it's taught you what not to do.
— Julie Cohen (@julie_cohen) December 2, 2013
@WomenWriters Take the ordinary and make it extraordinary 🙂
— Vacen Taylor (@VacenTaylor) December 2, 2013
Don't feel sorry for your (main) character = the best writing advice I've ever had. @WomenWriters
— Kim ten Tusscher (@Kim_t_Tee) December 2, 2013
@WomenWriters Pick & choose with writing advice, and ignore the stuff that doesn't help you – different things work for different writers.
— Meg Mundell (@MegMundell) December 2, 2013
@WomenWriters Focus on the process not the results. Advice from @victoriashmoria, cemented in my mind by @NaNoWriMo
— Christine Hennebury (@isekhmet) December 2, 2013
@WomenWriters "Clear your throat b4 you can sing." Aka, let yourself write drek 2 get 2 da good stuff.
— Aine Greaney (@AineGreaney) December 2, 2013
@SydneyEditor1 @WomenWriters drink lots of coffee should be added to advice. Also – wrote when tired. The critics brain isn't fully awake.
— Bronwyn Berg (@BergBronwyn) December 2, 2013
@BergBronwyn @WomenWriters @SydneyEditor1 I don't drink coffee but writing when tired is a good idea. That's when I spot many grammar errors
— Kim ten Tusscher (@Kim_t_Tee) December 2, 2013
@WomenWriters Trust your characters. If you want the plot to go one way, but your char have something else in mind, they will surprise you.
— Lanette Kauten (@LanetteKauten) December 2, 2013
@WomenWriters when you've turned away from your writing, constructive feedback from people you respect gives you paths to return.
— Hannah Robins (@2windancinghr) December 2, 2013
Category: Contemporary Women Writers, How To and Tips
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If when you reread a section, it doesn’t thrill you, it won’t thrill anyone else. Cut it out.
Don’t bother editing the beginning until after you’ve finished – it’s only then that you really know your characters.
Write only for the love of the writing.