Toe in the Water

Just Do It

Just Do It

The trouble with all this writing advice and wise sayings about how to write is that they make it sound like a formula. Just learn all these bits and pieces, fit ‘em together and you’ve got a book or short story or poetry. Leave out any of the ingredients or put extra ones in and you’ve ruined the whole thing.

The truth is that writing’s not like that. You have a story to tell and the best way to tell it is to get on with it. Let your own taste and preferences and tendencies decide how to make it interesting and entertaining and go with the flow. If you’re a writer, it’ll happen. All you have to do is sit down and write. Tell your story in your way and that’s what you’ll end up with - a story.

Wasn’t that the object of the exercise?


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