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Jul. 28th, 2012
Weeked round up, writing edition
Jul. 28th, 2012 02:16 pmNiven's Laws on Writing
1: Writers who write for other writers should write letters.
2: Never be embarrassed or ashamed about anything you choose to write. (Think of this before you send it to a market.)
3: Stories to end all stories on a given topic, don't.
4: It is a sin to waste the reader's time.
5: If you've nothing to say, say it any way you like. Stylistic innovations, contorted story lines or none, exotic or genderless pronouns, internal inconsistencies, the recipe for preparing your lover as a cannibal banquet: feel free. If what you have to say is important and/or difficult to follow, use the simplest language possible. If the reader doesn't get it then, let it not be your fault.
6: Everybody talks first draft.
For more of Niven's Laws, including "Never fire a laser at a mirror," go here. And if I have to tell you who Larry Niven is, you have no business on this LJ
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Poul Anderson's On Thud and Blunder. Indispensible for fantasy writers. 'Tain't So!
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Write. Write something every day. If you can't manage a whole short story (Ray Brandbury's advice) shoot for a thousand words (Stephen King's advice) If you can't manage a thousand words, write for 15 minutes. You can do anything for fifteen minutes. (Flylady approach). If you can't manage 15 minutes, write five words (Victor Milan's advice).
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Writing photodump
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1: Writers who write for other writers should write letters.
2: Never be embarrassed or ashamed about anything you choose to write. (Think of this before you send it to a market.)
3: Stories to end all stories on a given topic, don't.
4: It is a sin to waste the reader's time.
5: If you've nothing to say, say it any way you like. Stylistic innovations, contorted story lines or none, exotic or genderless pronouns, internal inconsistencies, the recipe for preparing your lover as a cannibal banquet: feel free. If what you have to say is important and/or difficult to follow, use the simplest language possible. If the reader doesn't get it then, let it not be your fault.
6: Everybody talks first draft.
For more of Niven's Laws, including "Never fire a laser at a mirror," go here. And if I have to tell you who Larry Niven is, you have no business on this LJ
~~~
Poul Anderson's On Thud and Blunder. Indispensible for fantasy writers. 'Tain't So!
~~~
Write. Write something every day. If you can't manage a whole short story (Ray Brandbury's advice) shoot for a thousand words (Stephen King's advice) If you can't manage a thousand words, write for 15 minutes. You can do anything for fifteen minutes. (Flylady approach). If you can't manage 15 minutes, write five words (Victor Milan's advice).
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Writing photodump
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