D.A. Gray
Read. Read voraciously. Find the voices that speak to you, that address the world that you're seeing, that offer clarity. Don't stop there. Read authors far outside your comfort zone. And use these ideas of others to interrogate your own assumptions about the world.
Practice. Write daily, unafraid to crank out a crappy first draft. If your story hits a roadblock, write another one, letting your subconcious find a detour around that roadblock. Write without thinking about publishing. Think about the story you want to read that you can't find anywhere. Write that.
Revise. Read your work aloud. Mark the places where you stumble. Don't just copy edit typos and grammatical mistakes. Mark the places where you trip up in reading it. There is usually a reason why, even if it's not immediately apparent.
Practice. Write daily, unafraid to crank out a crappy first draft. If your story hits a roadblock, write another one, letting your subconcious find a detour around that roadblock. Write without thinking about publishing. Think about the story you want to read that you can't find anywhere. Write that.
Revise. Read your work aloud. Mark the places where you stumble. Don't just copy edit typos and grammatical mistakes. Mark the places where you trip up in reading it. There is usually a reason why, even if it's not immediately apparent.
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