C.B. Pratt
Keep writing. No matter what. Find the time.
Keep reading. Read the best books you can find. Including the 'classics'. Dickens will teach you a lot about characterization, Poe about pacing, Austen about how to make relationships come alive on paper. They aren't 'easy' but they are very rewarding if you want to have a career as a writer.
Try to limit your television watching. TV's great but they use shorthand for characterization that 'reads' as 1-dimensional if you try it in a story. They also recycle ideas which isn't a benefit to a writer.
Keep reading. Read the best books you can find. Including the 'classics'. Dickens will teach you a lot about characterization, Poe about pacing, Austen about how to make relationships come alive on paper. They aren't 'easy' but they are very rewarding if you want to have a career as a writer.
Try to limit your television watching. TV's great but they use shorthand for characterization that 'reads' as 1-dimensional if you try it in a story. They also recycle ideas which isn't a benefit to a writer.
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