Monday, April 2, 2012

My (Brief) Advice to Teenaged Authors- BEDA- Day 2

1. Your writing sucks.
Because writing it re-writing and you do not spew brilliance at the start of anything.
2. Put your work out for people to see.
You'd be surprised at how other people see your work much more objectively than you.
3. Read everything that you can get your hands on.
Even the shitty stuff. Read stuff you hate, find out why you hate it, don't do that.
Read stuff you love, find out why you love it, make that your own.

4. Being bad is mandatory, and can be fun.
Don't expect to be good the first time. You don't rent out a concert hall after three violin lessons. You don't don't get good without being bad first. Laugh and learn. 
5. Your writing won't always suck.
Work hard.
Get better.
We all have work to do. 

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