Writing Tip #17
You may be good. You may be great. But that doesn’t mean draft one is the one.
Writing Tip #16
Writing is just like acting.
In fiction, you must completely embody your characters. In non-fiction, you must install your subject into yourself. In poetry, you must become your idea in its purest form.
At it’s heart, writing is becoming someone or something else in the exact same way that actors become different characters. Except, for writers, the script is still on the inside fighting to get out.
Writing Tip #15
Don’t be pretentious. No one wants to read anything by someone who sounds pretentious.
Writing Tip #14
Write what you know. Be it love, heartbreak, war, mythology, or zombies, your passion is what will make the piece the best it can be. And if you want to step out of your box, make sure you believe every word you write.
Writing Tip #13
Outlines are your friends. When everyone else leaves you because you are locked up in your room, strung out on caffeine, bitchy and working on a deadline, your outlines will still love you.
Writing Tip #12
If you can pull it off, try to involve homosexual subtext when possible. You’ll look both open-minded and intellectual.
Writing Tip #11
Timelines are hard. If you don’t like numbers, they kind of suck. And you especially don’t want to make a mistake because then your story loses all credibility and continuity like with Glee and Finn’s age and father. So be extra careful. May I suggest using a calculator?
Writing Tip #10
Sometimes you just have to ramble a little bit.
Writing Tip #9
If you aren’t an English Major, you might die.
Writing Tip #8
Energy drinks and coffee are always appreciated.
Writing Tip #7
Unless you are Natalie Suzanne Bridgmon, do not a start a ten page paper at 7:30 pm the night before it is due.
I was bred for this kind of abuse. Normal people aren’t.
Writing Tip #6
Pop/Dance music can be your saving grace. Avant garde/hipster music also works.
Writing Tip #5
It’s really beneficial if sleep becomes optional in your life.
Writing Tip #4
When in doubt, relate everything to either Moby-Dick, Star Wars, Shakespeare or The Grapes of Wrath.
DO NOT relate anything to Jonson. He’s more of a mask guy.
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