I have often found that two things separate would-be writers from taking wing into the sky of words that they dream of.
They read little.
They write little.
Yet they expect an instant masterpiece to appear out of the nib of their favourite fountain pen.
I encounter such writers so often that I have fallen into the habit of asking them "who" they read and then I ask them "what" they are writing.
And the usual answer?
Hmmm.
Well.
Cough.
Ahem.
And then the million dollar phrase: "but X said that my writing was really good".
Enough.
This is all you have to do - and yes, you have to keep doing it.
1. Read.
2. Write.
Who said life wasn't simple? :-)
ZHZ
