Advice for Writers

Advice for Writers, guest post by R. Arundel
Whenever I read advice for writers similar themes emerge. Write what you know, write a good book, keep writing. We’ve all heard it before. Here’s some other tips. At first it might seen a bit flippant but there’s a kernel of truth in there somewhere.

- Don’t forget your partner’s birthday cause you’re busy finishing the final draft.

- Don’t tell the prospective agent that the book is in the mail, when you only have a rough draft.

- Don’t quit your day job. (You’ll probably need it. Just saying)

- When you get think that what you’ve written is no good and you’re the worst writer out there. Relax, it’s probably not true. It may be true, but probably is not.

- In order to keep writing you need to sell books. Writing is a business. It’s also a craft. It’s also an art. In the end you’ll need to sell books to keep doing what you love.

- My rule of threes. Ask three people about your book. If they all like it, it’s probably good. If they all hate it, you probably need to revise. Two like it, one doesn’t the books probably exactly what you wanted. Two hate it, one likes it. Time to do a second draft.

- After 100 agents reject your book. Don’t despair go Indie. You’re probably a cross genre writer and you didn’t know it.

- Don’t cheap out on the book cover. The saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover’ has it all wrong. People only judge a book by its cover.

- Take all the advice you can get. Don’t take any advice.

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Advice for Writers, guest post by R. Arundel


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8 Comments

  1. Goddess Fish Promotions19 November 2015 at 10:48

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  3. Jack Getze19 November 2015 at 13:16

    Instead of self-pubbing crap, take your 100 rejections to a writers group and find out why it was rejected.

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  4. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 19:18

    Very entertaining list!

    --Trix

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  5. Victoria Alexander19 November 2015 at 20:57

    Really great post - thank you for sharing.

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  6. Unknown19 November 2015 at 21:26

    The Face Transplant provides an action packed medical thriller. As a surgeon there is a realism to the story that many people enjoy.

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