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Writing is an art of flow, rhythm, and imagination.
To write better...
I wrote this some years ago...
To write better...
- Write daily. (I write daily here, though it is more extemporaneous)
- Read a lot, specifically authors who are good writers. In fiction, if any author has sold gazillions, usually their work is good. Non-fiction is another story... a best-selling book does not equate to good authorship. If an author has a huge following, a publishing house will sign them, regardless if their writing sucks. The publisher is not signing a good author, they are signing a guaranteed income stream -- their editors fix the rest.
- Study the practice. I've read dozens of books on writing.
- Be evocative, cut flab, craft imagination in your read using a variety of literary devices, metaphor, analogies, etc. (my challenge is flab, I can be repetitive).
- Avoid mainstream fad writing (Fifty Shades of Gray) as usually those works are the result of intense marketing or viral anomalies.
I wrote this some years ago...
GOLD! - 9 Writing Tips for a Killer Non-Fiction Book
A few weeks ago I read @Vigilante 's upcoming book and gave him a list of editorial suggestions. He thought it would be a good idea for me to post those suggestions here for all the writers as he found them incredibly valuable. Keep in mind that this is for published non-fiction (not ad hoc...
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