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3 TIPS ON HOW NOT TO STINK AT WRITING

By: K.M. Weiland

Do you write as a hobby? Do you never have worries about how not to stink at writing? Do you belly up to the keyboard just to dip into your brain’s well of dopamine and enjoy the warm fuzzy buzz of creating something you can later read? You have zero ambitions for publication? You’ve burnt at least one of your journals? Then this post is not for you.

I write for the ambitious scribe who splashes and thrashes to the point of choking in a tsunami of toner, trying to tame that big rogue breaker into smaller waves an actual readership might want to surf with you. Here are three tips on how not to stink at writing.

How Not to Stink at Writing Tip #1: Shun Clichés

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If you missed my writing & marketing tweets and retweets yesterday, here they are again:

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19. Author, Jody Hedlund: 5 Point Checklist To Help Writers Get to Know Their Characters Thoroughly http://ow.ly/JriFA
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Happy writing and running, Kathy