Rod Collins
Use the active voice, let your characters tell the story as much as possible, and write every day...at least two pages.
Read your story aloud to check it for flow and to see if it has the music you hear in your mind. Remember, rewriting takes as much time as the original writing time. Rewriting is where the real work, and the real art takes place.
Amuse yourself and have fun. I collect names and cultivate the characters I find in real life. They are the ones with active minds and sometimes a great sense of humor.
Read your story aloud to check it for flow and to see if it has the music you hear in your mind. Remember, rewriting takes as much time as the original writing time. Rewriting is where the real work, and the real art takes place.
Amuse yourself and have fun. I collect names and cultivate the characters I find in real life. They are the ones with active minds and sometimes a great sense of humor.
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