In this article I read many tips on how to be a good writer.
There was a lot of good advice and a main theme is to write something that is not mainstream to our culture. Write something that people do not usually write about. I think it is just good advice to keep people thinking differently instead of confirming our own believes over and over again. I specifically enjoyed the advice for women in fiction.
"That she could be an effective problem solver, as women are in reality but not very often in fiction or on the screen." -Sara Peretsky
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I also really enjoyed the advice of thinking about a character past the pages, as if the character has its own life outside of the book. Write a character not with just physical attributes, but with a certain air. A character should be felt and have behaviors that you can guess at as a reader.
There was also a tip saying not to describe too much. I thought that was very interesting and also entirely valid. I have read some books where I am thinking, "Will they ever stop describing the scenery of a place and move on with the story?" I do love hearty description but it can be easy to get stuck on one place too long and the reader can lose interest.
People are storytellers. We have been for a very long time. Why become a writer? One article states,
"Because it’s the answer to everything.… It’s the streaming reason for living."
-Enid Bagnold
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