This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.
1. If you want to be a writer – you must WRITE! No excuses – just do it! And if you have writers block, write that other chapter or story that’s been eating at you. WRITE!
2. I like to use the 5 senses test when I write – how does a situation see, hear, smell, feel to the touch and taste? That’s how you know you’ve described something properly, if you evoke your readers senses.
3. Stop being a perfectionist – there’s a time and a place for perfection. It’s in your last few drafts. At first, don’t judge yourself or else you’ll write the same paragraph no less than ten times.
4. Read – know your genre, know what’s selling and being published and figure out what you like and don’t like. And then write what you want to read.
5. Listen – listen to other people’s descriptions of situations and how they color their stories. You’d be surprised how literary people can be without even knowing it.
Lindsay is the author of What Pretty Girls Are Made Of, which is available to buy here.
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