What Do All Writers Have in Common?

There's one thing, one thing alone all writers have in common. It comes before a writer becomes...a writer. And it follows ever after. It is a sort of being. And in this being and fulfillment and song and motion the parameters are set for all the things that a writer will become later on. Before a writer becomes a writer, they are first a reader. So read and read and read And then perhaps you can write and write and write. ZHZ....

Editing: Super Tips

Dear Writer, here are some golden tips for shaping your writing, whether you're polishing a short story or a fifty book series: 1. Remove dialogue tags such as "said" - most of these are redundant or to put it another way, dialogue should speak for itself. 2. Delete weasle words such as: very little pretty really almost seem even that up/down in/out tried to... reached... 3. Use positive terms, not negatives e.g. instead of "he didn't come"...