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Writing Advice and Quotes

Eric's advice:

Write, or re-write, every day. Touch your work. Put the words down. Count them.
There to two things that will make you a better writer:
> Critique other peoples work
> Cut. Cut, cut, cut, and cut. Destroy, rebuild and cut again.

And:

You Have to Work Every Day
It doesn't matter what time of day you work, but you have to work every day because creation, like life, is always slipping away from you. You must write every day, but there's no time limit on how long you have to write.

One day you might read over what you've done and think about it. You pick up the pencil or turn on the computer, but no new words come. That's fine. Sometimes you can't go further. Correct a misspelling, reread a perplexing paragraph, and then let it go. You have re-entered the dream of the work, and that's enough to keep the story alive for another 24 hours.

The next day you might write for hours; there's no way to tell. The goal is not a number of words or hours spent writing. All you need to do is to keep your heart and mind open to the work.

WALTER MOSLEY

Updated by John Uhri over 3 years (view history)
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    About Writing Advice and Quotes Dealing with Distractions Planning World Building Naming your Characters Writing Tools Word Count Tools Tracking changes Editing Your Work Critiques Beta Readers Info Dumps Author Websites Twitch writers Book trailers Books we talk about (Reading Spotlight) Commonplace books
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    Episode 7 - Puppetmaster Mike Episode 49 - Takedown Episode 48 - We Quit! Episode 45 - Continuity Bolts Episode 13 Episode 14 Episode 15 Episode 16 Episode 17 - I write good episode-18 Episode 20 - The Story Grid Episode 21 - Ambien Fiction Episode 22 - My Little Pony Episode 23 - Strategic Quill Locations Episode 24 - Your Cheatin' Heart Episode 25 - Copywork episode-26-podcasts-are-better-than-books Episode 53 - Pump up the Conflicts Episode 54 - Following the Want Episode 52 - Typehammer Turns One Episode 27 - The Scariest Episode Yet Episode 28 - Our Secret Identities Revealed Episode 47 - Get Off My Lawn Episode 29 - Revel in the Crapness Episode 30 - Batman Duct Tape Episode 31 - I Reject your Rejection Episode 32: Benevolent Dictation Episode 33 - Giggling Snowballs Episode 34 - Destroyer of Words Episode 35 - Toss a Gimli Episode 36 - Special Guest John Helfers (Part 1) Episode 37 - Interview with John Helfers, Part 2 Episode 44 - Writing the Detectives Episode 39 - Critiques Episode 40 - Game of Deadlines Episode 41 - Flock of Minions Episode 42 - Trumprotica Episode 43 - Unreliable Narrators
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