SO , YOU THINK YOU CAN DO IT BETTER ?
FRED RAYWORTH
For a while , and maybe even now , some writers decided to get into this mind set of place your description here because they read a lot and thought they could do it better .
I ’ ve said before that was what I once thought was part of my reason for becoming a place my description here writer . It was a very fractional part . My main reasons for becoming a writer were that I found my muse , I loved to do it , certain writers inspired me ( not despite them ), and I had a natural inclination to just sit down and git ‘ er done .
For those reasons , writing became a passion , rather than a hobby . I can say the same for telescopes and visual observing , which is more commonly known as amateur astronomy . It has been a lifelong passion , rather than a hobby . Both of these passions are in my blood , not some passing thing that I can take or leave .
Fred Rayworth A man of many talents
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Okay , you went to a few writing classes , you ’ ve picked up a few chops . Now , you ’ ve read quite a few books and seen numerous examples of lousy writing , some of them probably best-sellers . Think you can do it better ?
There ’ s a few things you need to know . Now , if you ’ re an experienced writer or author , I ’ m not telling you anything new . However , if you ’ re just starting out , this is especially for you . If you ’ ve been at this for a while and may have “ fergotted ,” well , let me remind you .
Though you may be a decent writer , when it comes down to putting it on paper , or dashes and zeros ( electronic media ), there ’ s a huge difference between what you think and what gets put down ! What you think you wrote and what you actually write don ’ t always end up being the same thing .
What about editing ? Sure , you can polish and polish , but though you may get the grammar and syntax just right , there may be a huge issue still missing . Story . What if you get all that right and you have a great book ? Well …
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WRITERS ’ TRICKS OF THE TRADE
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SPRING 2018