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WRITING TIPS

E-NEWSLETTER

 

 

Writers read.

 

Read aloud. Hear your voice--your writing voice.

 

Slow down. Observe. Listen.

 

Don't revise before you finish writing the first draft through to the end.

 

Sit butt in chair and write.

 

Your writing may suck. Keep writing. It will improve.

 

Schedule time to write. Practice saying no to interruptions.

 

Always have paper and pen handy; make notes of everything.

 

Writer's block is an excuse.

 

Find a mentor. Learn to be one.

 

Tell me something I can't forget.

 

Begin by writing just for yourself.

 

Believe in yourself.