Written in response to
all those links you see on Twitter and Facebook about writing.
Advice for Aspiring
Writers
Q: What advice would give to aspiring writers?
A: Ignore the advice of other writers about writing. Sail your
own course. Follow the advice of Hemingway or Margaret Atwood etc. on writing
and all you will become is a clone of Hemingway or Atwood and a bad one at that. The
same applies if you want to be a fantasy or thriller writer or whatever. Don’t
restrict yourself to reading from that one genre. Read everything you can.
The broader your base, the higher you will climb.
Q: So following your advice, should we also ignore your advice?
A: Yes.
Q: Rob Maher, thank you very much.
Get it done.
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