14 Tips I Knew Before I Started My Writing Career

Be Regular And Orderly In Your Life, So That You May Be Violent And Original In Your Work.

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1. There is no better way to improve your writing skills than to practice in public.

2. Focus on writing (the process), not on being a writer (the goal). If you do the process, you'll become it.

3. Simplify your life as much as you can. You need that time, energy and mental space for your writing.

4. It is okay not to write every day.

5. Don't think about what the readers are reading and what the publishers are publishing. Especially not when you are just starting or are writing an article, novella, novel, short story, or book. Worry about them AFTER you are done writing.

6. You have to be a reader to be a writer. Reading is a job requirement.

7. Plotter. Pantser. Doesn't matter. What matters is that you write.

8. Since you are a reader, you subconsciously know what works and don't work in writing. Trust that wisdom.

9. Don't overthink while writing. Let it just flow out. You can think when you edit your work.

10. Ask yourself - How do you want your readers to feel when they are done with your book? That's your WHY.

11. There is a gap between who you are right now as a writer and who you want to become. Continuously creating art fills that gap.

12. If you feel like an outsider, like someone who doesn't fit in, use that as a superpower and fuel for your writing.

13. Start small so you can make writing a habit, grow it as a skill and build your trust in yourself.

14. Since writing is a mind job, make sure to give it rest.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

- Gustave Flaubert 

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