Matt Micros
The three best pieces of advice I ever received regarding writing were:
1) Writers write. Write as often as you can. Even when you aren't feeling creative. Chances are what you write will be better than you think.
2) Write what you know. Sure, you can do research (and I advise it), but the best writing comes from the heart. The more experiences you have, the better your writing will be, and the easier it will become.
3) The best stories aren't written. They're RE-written. Write your first draft. Then proof it for punctuation and typos. Then read it again, this time out loud in order to see how the dialogue sounds.
I'll add a 4th. Don't give up. More often than not, it isn't whether your writing is good enough. It's whether someone else THINKS it is, and whether or not you can get enough people to read it. It takes time and persistence to build an audience.
1) Writers write. Write as often as you can. Even when you aren't feeling creative. Chances are what you write will be better than you think.
2) Write what you know. Sure, you can do research (and I advise it), but the best writing comes from the heart. The more experiences you have, the better your writing will be, and the easier it will become.
3) The best stories aren't written. They're RE-written. Write your first draft. Then proof it for punctuation and typos. Then read it again, this time out loud in order to see how the dialogue sounds.
I'll add a 4th. Don't give up. More often than not, it isn't whether your writing is good enough. It's whether someone else THINKS it is, and whether or not you can get enough people to read it. It takes time and persistence to build an audience.
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