Your writing has to start somewhere...and end somewhere.
We asked our teachers...What is your advice to writers about how to move from conception to completion? What kinds of habits & habits of mind are needed?
Bill Donahue
Clear out a time to write and then make no excuses. Read more
Shanna Germain
The biggest tip I can offer is also the oldest one around: write. Just glue your ass to the seat & stay there. Read more
Rebecca Koffman
Lots of self- discipline is helpful. Read more
Ariel Gore
You just have to work. Begin. Begin anywhere. And begin again. Read more
Marc Acito
I don't think writing is a matter of discipline so much as obsession. The manuscript is like a lover who tortures you...Read more
Kathleen Halme
I think of all writing as practice...Read more
Liz Prato
Think about a time when you were really productive in your writing...Read more
More to come.
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