Tag: writing advice
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Simple style is like white light. It is complex, but its complexity is not obvious.
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Tell the truth by making every page drive one story forward and have a context the reader can relate to.
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I learned that if they’re characters, you don’t think about what they have given you or taken away — they’re just someone you’re describing.
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So much of writing is about how you deal with failure. I meet a lot of young people who have the talent and the work ethic to write. A lot of them are really intelligent and have succeeded for much of their lives. But writing is different: you have to fail in order to move…
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If I want to write well, I have to work hard at it. I have disciplined myself by clearing other things out of my life that would make me busy. If I was going to fail in being a writer, I didn’t want to have any excuses. My excuse was going to be that I…