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What's your best advice for aspiring writers, both journalists and novelists?

Posted by Nick Hennegan on Monday, February 1, 2016 Under: Writers
I found this on the Quora Website.  I think Point 7 is particularly true... and it's taken me a long time to realise it!

Lev Grossman, Author of the bestselling Magicians trilogy and journalist at Time magazine

1. Get your stuff in on time.

2. Don’t write anything that you wouldn’t say out loud – don’t say “perhaps,” say “maybe.” Don’t say “yet” when you mean “but.” And so on.

3. Read read read, all you can, all the time. Don’t worry about other people influencing you, that’s a good thing. Your voice will still be your own.



4. Write write write. Writing is a craft not a gift. You have to practice.

5. Get lots of sleep.

6. Make an outline.

7. Don’t assume other people are smarter than you, or more talented than you, or more magic than you. Nobody knows anything. Everybody’s faking it.

Brilliant!  Thanks Lev.

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