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Valuable tips from authors on writing

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Valuable tips from authors on writing

Valuable tips from authors on writing: Being well versed in English sounds smart but it does not necessarily guarantee that you will write better. Ideas and thoughts need to be penned down in a way that others can understand and relate to. Even a beautiful story loses its impact if it is not well written. Here are a few tips given by your favorite authors that will help you compose better and up your writing game. (Photo: Pixabay)

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The best writers are heavy readers

There's no doubt about the fact that the best writers are voracious readers. “Read a lot. Reading really helps. Read anything you can get your hands on,” says Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.
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Don’t look for inspiration, rather build one

Don’t fret yourself looking for inspiration everywhere. It's better if you rather build one. “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work,” says thriller and horror writer Stephen King.
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Express emotions through your writing

The best writings are where emotions come across beatuifully. “No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader,” says the great poet Robert Frost.

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Write as much as you can

The more you write, the more you get to practise. And practice makes one perfect, we all know that! “Quantity produces quality. If you only write few things, you’re doomed,” says Ray Bradbury.

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Avoid adverbs

Too much use of adverbs may ruin the outcome of your writing. Stephen King says, “The adverb is not your friend.”

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Write more to get your own style

Mystery writer P.D. James says, “It is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style.”

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Character development is important

Character development is important. You know your stories get life once the characters seem real and relatable. Celebrated author Judy blume says, "There's nothing more important than character. You're living with these people for years. You had better feel for them. Do some exercises: Have your character write a letter to you. When you're writing for kids, we're not an adult telling a story about being a kid. We are that kid."

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Keep it precise

A dragging narrative can bore readers and they will lose interest any moment. Elmore Leonard says, "I try to leave out the parts that people skip”.

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Practise, practise, practise!

Author Jeff Goins opines that “The secret to prolific writing is practice”.

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Follow your heart

It is imperative that a writer goes against the rules and follows their heart. For all good writing, comes straight from there. The great author G.K. Chesterton once wrote, “I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.”

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