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Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully — in Ten MinutesIf you're not talented, you won't succeed. And if you're not succeeding, you should know when to quit. When is that? I don't know. It's different for each writer. Not after six rejection slips, certainly, nor after sixty. But after six hundred? Maybe. After six thousand? My friend, after six thousand pinks, it's time you tried painting or computer programming. Further, almost every aspiring writer knows when he is getting warmer — you start getting little jotted notes on your rejection slips, or personal letters. . maybe a commiserating phone call. It's lonely out there in the cold, but there are encouraging voices… unless there is nothing in your words which warrants encouragement. I think you owe it to yourself to skip as much of the self-illusion as possible. If your eyes are open, you'll know which way to go… or when to turn back. 2. Be neat Type. Double-space. Use a nice heavy white paper, never that erasable onion-skin stuff. If you've marked up your manuscript a lot, do another draft. 3. Be self-critical If you haven't marked up your manuscript a lot, you did a lazy job ...» |
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