Bill Bodden's Blog - Posts Tagged "skills"
Keep writing!
The best advice I've been given on writing is to keep doing it. I've heard that writing skills are like a muscle - if you don't exercise it - every day is best in this case - it will atrophy.
I don't know about that, but I do know that writing regularly and often is a great idea for a writer. It helps to get ideas down on paper, and once you finish a story, often a whole new flood of possibilities will begin to pop up in your mind. Even if you don't like the story you end up with, sometimes you'll be inspired to write a new story - or to rework the story you don't like into something different.
I was thinking about this because I'd just sent in a short story to an open call for submissions for an anthology. So far I've been writing short stories, and it seems to be working for me. I want to graduate to novels, but for now the strength training (so to speak) of writing short stories is helping me to grow my skills and proficiency as a writer.
I don't know about that, but I do know that writing regularly and often is a great idea for a writer. It helps to get ideas down on paper, and once you finish a story, often a whole new flood of possibilities will begin to pop up in your mind. Even if you don't like the story you end up with, sometimes you'll be inspired to write a new story - or to rework the story you don't like into something different.
I was thinking about this because I'd just sent in a short story to an open call for submissions for an anthology. So far I've been writing short stories, and it seems to be working for me. I want to graduate to novels, but for now the strength training (so to speak) of writing short stories is helping me to grow my skills and proficiency as a writer.
