- Writing and Editing are two separate, and different processes.
- Writing and Editing are two separate, and different processes. It is that important.
- Write first. Edit later.
- Write first. Edit later. It is that important.
- Outline only if it works for you.
- Write everyday.
- Write what you want to read, not what you think someone else will.
- Keep a ritual.
- Stick to it.
- When you are not writing, read.
- Read a lot.
- Read everything: comics, newspapers, novels, magazines, screenplays, poetry, billboards, tattoos, mustard wrappers, everything.
- Read your own writing. Out loud.
- Read other people’s writing. Out loud.
- Don’t read to comprehend. This is about writing.
- Read to write. Notice the context, flow, and tone.
- Listen to people speak.
- Don’t listen to comprehend. This is about writing.
- Notice the context, flow, and tone.
- Write with different tools: keyboard, pencil, ink pen, crayon, dirt, whatever.
- Write on different mediums: grid paper, lined paper, blank paper, cardboard, LCD, canvass, dirt, whatever.
- Write in different places, but keep and maintain a Writing Home.
- Tell everyone you write: your family, your friends, the postman, the prostitutes, everyone.
- But don’t tell anyone exactly what you are writing: not even the prostitutes.
- Strike dead every should you have about writing.
- Put aside this list, and every other piece of advice, or book, or adage about writing ever offered.
- And write everyday.
sep 18 2007 ∞
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