I totally agree with this. It really works.9bit wrote:"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot." -- Stephen King
I've read a lot of stuff by him and his son Joe Hill on the subject of writing; I think they both have really great stuff to say about it. They seem to honestly care about helping people understanding the craft.
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The second is "Re-type every word of your story in a new document." Painstaking, but helpful. If you copy down every word of your story from a printed copy or another word document, you are forced to think about every word. You'll catch tons of errors, awkward sentences, and plotholes this way. The only downside is that, well, it's tedious. And painful. And it takes long amounts of time. I suppose you could compare it to ye olde dentist's office ordeal.
Those two are the most helpful to me at this particular time, but there are others.
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This next one isn't advice I've heard, but advice I would give. It kind of goes with the advice of the person before me.
I write things by hand. Then I type them up. Then I edit, edit, edit until I think it's done. Then I write it all down by hand again. Then I type it up again.
Every single time you re-type/re-write something, you will catch errors, awkward sentences, and generally just things that could have been written better.
It's time-consuming. Sometimes it's annoying, but every little bit helps.
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