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The best advice on writing I’ve ever read

March 31, 2010 by Adam Casalino

Thanks to my membership at Webcomics.com, I found a link to a bunch of writing tips from very famous authors. Among the usual pretentious comments and obvious pet-peeves were a few great insights. The best was this:

Sound like yourself.

Seems pretty obvious. But as an aspiring writer, and an avid reader, I know that many writers do not do this. Many new writers  try to sound like someone famous, their favorite writer (or a successful writer) and fail miserably. I myself have stumbled countless times while trying to punch up my prose, worrying if it is “intelligent” enough or “interesting” enough. It never occurred to me that I should just write in my own voice.

That tip is worth all the books on writing you can find! It has certainly sent my current revising endeavor into a new direction.

To check out the full list of tips go here.

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