Best Writing Advice in 30 Seconds

We’ve featured various writing advice related articles the last few months: Julie Tetel Andresen shared her  Handy Writing Tips with us, Emma Darwin outlined Past Tense vs Present Tense writing,   Kate Long explained it’s better to Pick your Own Writing Tips and you tweeted us with your  Worst Writing Tips.

Hence it was about time we asked you: What is the Best Writing Advice you’ve ever had? 

Evening everyone…What's the best writing advice you've ever had?

— womenwriters (@WomenWriters) December 2, 2013

@WomenWriters "The first draft of anything is shit."

— Angela Rynan Durrell (@Rowaenthe) December 2, 2013

@WomenWriters Just get the words down. You can make them pretty later.

— Sandra Carey Cody (@sandracody) December 2, 2013

https://twitter.com/aehaldy/status/407613157473914880

@WomenWriters No writing is ever wasted. Even if it's not working, it's taught you what not to do.

— Julie (Mae) Cohen (@julie_cohen) December 2, 2013

@WomenWriters Take the ordinary and make it extraordinary 🙂

— Vacen Taylor (@VacenTaylor) December 2, 2013

Don't feel sorry for your (main) character = the best writing advice I've ever had. @WomenWriters

— Kim ten Tusscher (@Kim_t_Tee) December 2, 2013

@WomenWriters Pick & choose with writing advice, and ignore the stuff that doesn't help you – different things work for different writers.

— Meg Mundell (@MegMundell) December 2, 2013

@WomenWriters Focus on the process not the results. Advice from @victoriashmoria, cemented in my mind by @NaNoWriMo

— Christine Hennebury (@isekhmet) December 2, 2013

@WomenWriters "Clear your throat b4 you can sing." Aka, let yourself write drek 2 get 2 da good stuff.

— Áine Greaney, Author. Writing Teacher (she/her) (@AineGreaney) December 2, 2013

@SydneyEditor1 @WomenWriters drink lots of coffee should be added to advice. Also – wrote when tired. The critics brain isn't fully awake.

— Bean Freak (she/her) (@BergBronwyn) December 2, 2013

@BergBronwyn @WomenWriters @SydneyEditor1 I don't drink coffee but writing when tired is a good idea. That's when I spot many grammar errors

— Kim ten Tusscher (@Kim_t_Tee) December 2, 2013

https://twitter.com/LanetteKauten/status/407631623467696128

@WomenWriters when you've turned away from your writing, constructive feedback from people you respect gives you paths to return.

— Hannah Robins (@2windancinghr) December 2, 2013

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Category: Contemporary Women Writers, How To and Tips