Learn to write the same way you learn to play golf. You do it and keep doing it until you get it right.
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Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.
As for writing novels - it's what I've done for 30 some-odd years. I can't suddenly say I'm going to take up golf. I need something in my life. As long as I can write a coherent sentence, I'll keep at it.
Read. Read. Read. Read many genres. Read good writing. Read bad writing and figure out the difference. Learn the craft of writing.
The only way to learn and hone your craft is by working hard and writing regularly.
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.
Learn as much by writing as by reading.
Read the kinds of things you want to write; read the kinds of things you would never write. Learn something from every writer you read.
I sort of always like to write starting with when I learned how.
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.
Reading taught me how to write.
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