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Jessica Ruston’s Top 5 Tips For Writers

By Novelicious

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.

The-darker-side-of-love1.  Read, but not just for pleasure – read thinking about what works and what doesn’t, and why.  Look at the structure of books and how writers you admire achieve the effects that impress you.

 

2.  Be a magpie.  Pick up bits of conversations, places, smells, characters, ideas for names everywhere you go.  They’ll come in handy.

 

3.  Don’t write about what you know – write about what you want to work out, know more about, learn about.

 

4.  Don’t wait for the muse – get writing.  The more you write, you more ideas you’ll have.

 

5.  Writing a whole book takes a long time, and can feel like walking a tightrope.  Don’t look down…

 

Jessica's next book is The Darker Side of Love and is released on February 16th.

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