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The first thing I would say is: if you wish to become a writer, sit down and write. Whenever you can. Fit it in around your friends and sports and classes.
This year, my best advice is: Be honest and be kind, but above all, be brave.
We have to pay attention to the world around us, because it’s through specific, intentional details that our writing comes alive.
When St. Augustine was working on his De Rhetorica, he began by trying to define what words are — not a bad place to start. He concluded that words are signs of real things.
From Tracey Baptiste: First, you need to experience a lot of stories … To learn, you need to pay attention to the details.
You never know the impact your work might have on others.
When it comes to telling our own stories, it’s crucial that we learn to tell them in our own way …
At almost all of these school author visits, a young person will raise a hand and ask a variant of this question: “What advice can you give so I can become a writer?”
Merriam-Webster’s daily blog “Word of the Day” is one that this writer finds much in which to delight. It’s not often I discover a new word. But now and again I do.
Many years ago, when I was just starting out as a writer, someone gave me this advice: “If you want to live as a writer, you need to be able to do two things …