The most important advice I can offer is that writing is a craft that you can learn by practicing. If you keep writing, you will improve.
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If you are interested in writing, get out and live your life! Do a lot. See a lot. Keep your eyes and ears open. Pay attention to the different ways people speak. Read lots of different kinds of books. And then try writing in different voices and styles - don't be afraid to experiment.
My father told us all the time: to become a good writer takes writing. Because the more you do it, the better you get at it. It's like bull-riding. You can't do it once, you know. You've got to practice it and practice it.
You have to relax, write what you write. It sounds easy but it's really, really hard. One of the things it took me longest to learn was to trust the writing process.
The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire.
The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from.
As a writer, you have to first of all write what you want to. Listen to advice, by all means, but don't get bogged down in it.
Writing is one of the few activities where quantity will inevitably make quality. The more you write, the better you're going to get at it.
Read. Read. Read. Read many genres. Read good writing. Read bad writing and figure out the difference. Learn the craft of writing.
Just writing a lot doesn't necessarily make you a better writer. You have to hear yourself as a writer, and the best way to do that is to read your writing out loud.
If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles.