Monday, April 27, 2015
Evelyn Jules: Tuesday Two Cents' Worth
Welcome to Tuesday Two Cents' Worth! Today, the very talented Evelyn Jules is shelling out some great writing wisdom. Read on!
Hello, all you writers out there! Teresa
was kind enough to invite me to her blog to share some writing wisdom with all
of you. You ready? Okay!
If there was one piece of writing advice I
could share with others, it would be this: take risks. If you don’t take risks,
you won’t make mistakes. If you don’t make mistakes, you won’t learn from them.
Sometimes a risk can be something as simple as reaching out for a critique
partner to look over your work. I know without a doubt I wouldn’t be where I am
without my crit partner and fellow Team Awesome member, Margaret Ethridge. I
never write anything without running it past her first, and the same goes for
her.
You know that old expression—two heads are
better than one? It’s never more true in the world of writing. We can read and
re-read our own work until we’re ten seconds away from lighting it on fire and
sprinkling the ashes over our morning toast. Or, on the flip side of things, we
might think it’s the best. Thing. EVER. No one has ever written anything quite
this awesome before, so I’ll just wait till all the big name publishers knock
on my door and fight over it. Yeah...no. That only happens in Hollywood. Have a
friend look it over! Yes, it’s agonizing having someone criticize your work,
but why not make it the best it can possibly be before moving on to the next
step? Odds are, you’ve invested a chunk of time and effort into your
manuscript, so don’t cut corners at the end.
Last but not least, don’t give up. It’s so
easy to throw in the towel. One bad writing week can turn into another and then
another. You need to make time for
it. Even if it’s only thirty minutes in your day. Even if you only manage to
write 100 or 200 words, it’s something.
How many words are on a blank page? ZERO. Just write! And remember, you are
awesome! :)
Bio: Hailing from the Great White North,
Evelyn Jules loves curling up on the couch with a hot toddy and a steamy book.
Nothing warms a girl up faster than a little hanky-panky. When she’s not
reading deliciously erotic tales, she’s weaving her own in hopes of warming her
readers’ hearts and other parts!
Thanks so much for listening! If you’d like
to get to know me better and be friends and stuff, you can find me at the
following locations:
My blog: http://evelynjules.blogspot.ca/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EvelynJules
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EvelynJules
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