Story Lab: Exploring Advice to Writers

Best Pieces of Advice from the Interviews at this Website:

1. You have to start somewhere.

2. You need to practice.

3. You need experiences with other humans, the worse the better.

4. Think of yourself as a writer even before you're famous or you get published. If you write, you're a writer.

5. Practice the habit of writing every day.

6. Read constantly.

7. Stretch your imagination to the limit.

8. Write without expectations or associations, just write something that makes you feel what you want to feel.

9. "Writing should feel like an escape, not a trap. When you're stuck it may be a sign that you're trying too hard to make something work that just doesn't."

10. Don't second guess.

11. Ask for help if you need it, collaborate.

12. Expect to rewrite your first draft.

13. Consider yourself a genius in your craft and just keep writing.

14. Continue believing in what you're creating.

15. Be ruthless with revisions.

Writers gonna write [source]