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Write in your native language be that English, Scots, American, etc.

We can get caught up in writing the Queen’s English or The President’s Argot, but why not be comfortable in the language of your locale. I was dragged up speaking Scots. Some say it’s a dialect of English but it has now, rightly in my opinion, been recognised as a language in its right. The [...]

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Any writing you do counts.

No matter what you write about, no matter how long or short, try to make it good. Wonderful if you can make it great. But remember that your lifetime is finite so don’t waste it on dross.

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How to be a writer. The secret rules

It’s simple Write Write every day Rewrite till it’s as good as you can REASONABLY make it If you want your work published then send it out NOW and keep sending it out. Someone will like it. Start your next work by going back to step 1  

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