By Stewart Ferris
A author is anyone who writes. It sounds noticeable, yet many folks who name themselves writers do not produce sufficient phrases in a yr to fill a postcard. different writers churn out hundreds of thousands of phrases yet by no means promote their paintings. This publication tackles either difficulties: it will get you writing, simply and painlessly guiding you thru the feared "writer's block," and it divulges secrets and techniques to help you to elevate the standard of your paintings to a pro point. Writing is a company like several different. profitable writers understand the foundations and conventions that make their paintings stick out from the remainder of the "slush pile"—rules Stewart Ferris now finds in how you can be a author that might aid release your writing profession.
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This is a good idea if you’re aware that you’re going significantly off course and ideas are starting to come to you about a better route to take. Most writers, however, prefer to finish draft number one and feel that sense of achievement before taking a break for a few days and then reading it all through with a sense of objectivity. They make detailed notes on any problems that are apparent in that first reading, then they prepare for the second draft. Draft 2 A tightening of the structure This is your opportunity to think about how to fill those holes in the plot.
Even during the shooting of the film you may be called upon to write new scenes and to change existing ones. It’s the same for journalists, who have to be prepared to re-write an article at the last minute because its tone or angle doesn’t please the editor. The business of being a writer involves being prepared to be flexible, to accept that your work is never really finished until the book is printed or the film is in the cinemas. A typical series of drafts for a work of fiction could be tackled as follows: – 43 – HOW TO BE A WRITER Draft 1 An approximation of the whole work Write it quickly.
Let your voice shine through. – 63 – HOW TO BE A WRITER Language, grammar and punctuation NOT CONFIDENT IN any of these? Don’t worry, proficiency in English isn’t hard. Forget scary lessons at school with complicated rules that you were forced to remember without understanding why. Just remember the earlier section in this book, ‘Think like a writer’. You can improve your spelling, your punctuation and your general use of the English language by reading with an active mind. Read for at least thirty minutes a day, but stay active.