5 Writing Tips
- Use writing prompts to work your way out of writer’s block.
- Write for your readers not for success.
- Avoid adverbs whenever possible. Adverbs tell and don’t show because they draw a conclusion. Here are a few examples of adverbs: Sweetly, beautifully, hatefully, and suddenly.
- Avoid using dialects or phonetic spelling. It takes the reader out of the moment.
- Cut it if you, as a reader, would skip it.