Alice Lin
Read and examine other people’s craft. If you want to write a dual POV love story, read one! It’ll help you establish pacing. If you want to write a mystery set in a haunted house, read one! It’ll help you develop atmosphere and setting.
That said, a lot of stories have already been written. Your ideas may not be entirely new or original, but there are plenty of ways to give them your unique spin. Write for fun, and if you can, write often (which is advice I’m guilty of not always following).
That said, a lot of stories have already been written. Your ideas may not be entirely new or original, but there are plenty of ways to give them your unique spin. Write for fun, and if you can, write often (which is advice I’m guilty of not always following).
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