How to Be a Better Writer
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Forget about it!
I cannot stress how much your piece will improve if you can let it marinate for 24 hours (or more) before you edit. You need some distance from the work; perspective. The longer you can wait, the more perspective you’ll gain.
When Stephen King finishes a book, puts it in a drawer (
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- Forget about it! I cannot stress how much your piece will improve if you can let it marinate for 24 hours (or more) before you edit. You need some distance from the work; perspective. The longer you can wait, the more perspective you’ll gain. When Stephen King finishes a book, puts it in a drawer (and immediately starts in on another book, but he’...
- Switch up the medium This is a great tip I learned from several of my fiction-writing friends. Don’t always write in the same place (e.g. at your desk) and using the same tool (desktop computer). Write in different rooms of your house, go outside, write at different times of the day, switch from a desktop computer to a laptop, or change from compu...
- How to Be a Better Writer Tips, tricks, and hard-won lessons: from creating drafts to working with editors.
- Cultivating the Writer’s Mindset
- That said, good habits free my mind and help me capture ideas before they evaporate.
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