For The Love Of Good Writing

Reading plays more of a art in your writing than you realise. 

Narrowing your focus to the “When” of Time-inspired story idea makes the task of beginning your story less overwhelming.

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Narrowing your focus to the “What” of an Object-inspired story idea make the task of beginning your story less overwhelming.

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No stage of the writing process makes a writer doubt their ability like the beginning.

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Planning is an essential tool for any writer who takes the craft seriously. Such writer knows to be willing to review the plan if it’s failing. But how do you know if a project is failing if you never planned for it?

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Writing is something you have to do and do again. When you carry this consciousness, you will know that it doesn’t really matter what you started with. Write what comes to you, and afterwards, edit like God, separating the wheat from the chaff.

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Learn the structure of the kind of writing you want to do. That way, you will know how to break the rules and earn commendations for your sin.

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Imagine a comfortable chair, a table of exactly the right height, a computer and a mug of hot coffee or a bottle of booze. Then imagine you cannot afford any of them.

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It all comes down to that old search for certainty and the right mood. But you should know by now not to fancy phantoms. Certainty is a mirage and the right mood is within your power to create. I cannot tell you the exact time you should write, but I can tell you that the years you spent wondering when are the years you did not write.

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Readers want to read from writers who understand them. And it doesn’t matter if the story is set in Mars or if the characters are animated horse dungs talking about the need for personal hygiene. As long as these characters also live relatable dreams and express similar fears, the readers will always read. And this remains true even in stories with extra-terrestrial settings.

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