Sean Elliot Russell
My advice:
Read.
Learn shortcuts to being a better writer through how-to books or online resources (so much online that is free). Fill up a notebook with what you learn.
Write every day.
Use the best of cinema to visualise how a great story is unfolded. Then duplicate with your own characters and scenarios.
Every chapter you write should have a hook at the beginning and the end (even if a minor question mark left in the readers' minds). Every chapter should have movement--either for or against your character.
Join a writer's group to get immediate feedback (that is usually positive).
And have fun at it.
-Sean
Read.
Learn shortcuts to being a better writer through how-to books or online resources (so much online that is free). Fill up a notebook with what you learn.
Write every day.
Use the best of cinema to visualise how a great story is unfolded. Then duplicate with your own characters and scenarios.
Every chapter you write should have a hook at the beginning and the end (even if a minor question mark left in the readers' minds). Every chapter should have movement--either for or against your character.
Join a writer's group to get immediate feedback (that is usually positive).
And have fun at it.
-Sean
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