Spring has been incredibly busy for me. So instead of a blog post today, I thought I’d share some of my favourite little tidbits of advice from great writers. Enjoy
Stephen King… No matter if you read his books or not you know his name. His advice is short, sweet and powerful.
Neil Gaiman also advises us to Read, Write and Live.
Maeve Binchy’s advice.
James Scott Bell is an amazing teacher. I’ve been lucky enough to take classes from him. If you ever get the chance to take one of his courses, sign up immediately.
So what’s the best writing advice you’ve ever gotten?
Leanne Shirtliffe (Ironic Mom)
Elena Aitken
Trish Loye Elliott
Thanks for these clips. I grew up reading Maeve Binchy.Her advice is great.
Thanks for the clips. It’s always nice to hear bits of wisdom “from the horse’s mouth.” The best advice I’ve heard is neither profound nor original, but true: Don’t spend more time talking about writing than doing the writing. Less talk, more action applies to most things in life, doesn’t it?
Great advice, Carol! Something I’ve been having trouble with recently.
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I came up with this line years ago, and now have it written on a notecard by my desk…
“You’ve bought all the books. Now write one.”
In other words, there’s only so many books you can read on the craft of writing before you have to sit down and do the work. There’s only so many books you can have on your shelf about the concept of writing before you look at that shelf and think, “wow, I really should put some of this into action”, and WRITE! Those books on craft do nothing for you if you don’t take their advice, and actually write.
Christi Corbett
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