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13 Writing Rules You’ll Ever Need
How to write
Do you want write something? But you don’t know how to write. You don’t know how to express yourself. You don’t know how to shape your thoughts in words. You are sure that it’s difficult. It isn’t. Just know these rules and follow them.. You are sure that it’s difficult. It isn’t. Just know these rules and follow them.
1. If you write every day, you get better at writing every day
2. If it’s boring to you, it’s boring to your reader
3. Get a writing routine, and stick with it
4. Poetry does NOT have to rhyme. Poetry does not NOT have to rhyme
5. Resist stereotypes, in real life and in your writing
6. Writers read. Writers read a lot. Writers read all the time
7. Make lists of your favorite words and books and places and things
8. There doesn’t always have to be a moral to the story
9. Always bring your notebook. Always bring a spare pen
10. Go for walks. Dance. Pull weeds. Do the dishes. Write about it
11. Don’t settle on just one style. Try something new!
12. Learn to tell both sides of the story
13. Stop reading this article. Write something!