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Nugget # 1 Whether you are new to writing or coming back to it after a long break my initial advice is the same. Just write. That sounds easy you say (sarcastically)! Well, no its not and I’m inspired by the visual artist Chuck Close’s famous quote ‘Inspiration is for amateurs – the rest of us just show up and get to work’. Nothin’ truer said.
You can read a dozen books on writing and take as many classes but ultimately none of these will help if you don’t write. Every day, at a scheduled time, write. And keep on writing. Don’t write straight into a word processor – it’s way too tempting to revise as you go and that way you will certainly delete gold disguised as dirt. Use that cerebral rag and wipe off that dirt later, because it’s all in the re-writing. A teacher I will never forget told me as a teenager – ‘writing is re-writing’. I’ve since found that was not her quote – but nevertheless it still stands. © Rebecca Buckley 2021
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AuthorRebecca Buckley is a writer, editor, performance poet and visual artist who sources the best techniques for you to develop your online and print content. Check back here regularly for resources ArchivesCategories |
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