A.M. Pfeffer
I may be a little too neophyte in the profession myself to be doling out advice to anyone else who considers themselves "aspiring." Then again, I've been through enough writing failures to help others recognize a few pitfalls. Here are a few pitfalls to avoid:
- listening too hard to anyone else but yourself
- being anywhere at any time without a notepad or recording device
- keeping your work only to yourself
- being unwilling to rewrite, followed by more rewriting, promptly followed by oodles of even more rewriting
- not taking yourself too seriously while at the same time learning to take yourself just seriously enough to finish your work
- listening too hard to anyone else but yourself
- being anywhere at any time without a notepad or recording device
- keeping your work only to yourself
- being unwilling to rewrite, followed by more rewriting, promptly followed by oodles of even more rewriting
- not taking yourself too seriously while at the same time learning to take yourself just seriously enough to finish your work
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