Oh. THIS.

[seren_ccd]

I love writing tips. I love Elmore Leonard, Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman and Jeanette Winterson.

Therefore, THIS is pretty awesome.

My Personal Faves:

My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: if it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.

Do not place a photograph of your ­favourite author on your desk, especially if the author is one of the famous ones who committed suicide.

Try to be accurate about stuff.

Write.

Write a book you'd like to read. If you wouldn't read it, why would anybody else? Don't write for a perceived audience or market. It may well have vanished by the time your book's ready.

Never stop when you are stuck. You may not be able to solve the problem, but turn aside and write something else. Do not stop altogether.

Comments

[melodyclark.livejournal.com]

Write a book you'd like to read is one of my beliefs. The writer is the first reader. You have to be interested in the story you're writing as a reader, not merely as a writer.

So many writers kill themselves or suffer from depression, it's kind of find a picture of one that isn't somewhat depressing.

[vega-ofthe-lyre.livejournal.com]

Some of the rules on those lists were delightful. Some made me roll my eyes and want to smack whoever wrote them :/

[lullabymoon]

That is pretty awesome! Some of them are really common sense, but others are just hilarious.

And it find it especially funny that half the writers contradict each other!

And I thought I had Writer's A.D.D.

[seizard.livejournal.com]

So bouncing back and forth between 14 novels is...normal?