Write Every Day
This should go without saying, but here goes. To become a better writer, you must write every day. Writing is like every other skill that can be improved through repetition and practice. Or a muscle that must be exercised to grow big and strong.
It’s the old “How do you get to Carnegie Hall” routine. Practice, practice, practice.
Or the “10,000-hour rule”, which states that to master any skill, you must practice for 10,000 hours or more. If you want to become a better writer, write more words more often. End of story.
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✒️ Writers’ Wisdom: Awareness
“I am aware of being in a beautiful prison, from which I can only escape by writing.”
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✒️ Writers’ Wisdom: Get it Down!
“Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can do anything good.” ~
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom: Follow Your Passion
“Your passion as an artist is a magnet that draws you at all times, but if you don’t follow, it will suffocate your heart.” ~
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom: Write What You’re Meant to Write
“The sooner you realise that your writing is all about you the quicker you’ll be able to write what you’re meant to be writing.” ~
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom: Go to Your Creative Space
“Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion.” ~
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom: The Place of Stories
“Stories aren’t made of language: they’re made of something else. . . . perhaps they’re made of life.” ~
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom: Born to Write
“I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don’t remember what I did before that. Just loafed, I suppose.” ~
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom: Stephen King on How to Write
“When asked, “How do you write?” I invariably answer, “One word at a time,” and the answer is invariably dismissed. But that is all it is. It sounds too simple to be true, but consider the Great Wall of China, if you will: one stone at a time, man. That’s all. One stone at a time.” ~ Stephen King
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ What is Poetry?
“Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.” ~
