Writer's Stuff
Writers read a lot. Mostly because they love it. Partly to learn how to write better themselves. Partly to size up the competition. Here are some of the writers I've found particularly inspiring.
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There are so many good reasons not to write. There are those fun displacement activities: telly, shopping, wine. Those pesky things called jobs. Families. And, most pernicious is that little voice in your head, saying, ‘And who do you think you are? Tolstoy? Marion Keyes?’ To write you have to ignore all these things and press one finger to the keyboard, then another, then another, until you’ve got a word, a sentence, a paragraph, a page, a chapter, a book. That’s the only way I know, I’m afraid. Yes, it takes bloody ages. But it’s totally worth it. Below are a few more tips, which, I hope you’ll find useful. Feel free to ignore all of them.
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Here are some of my favourite booknerdy quotes that ring true for me. This is a list in progress…
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