SO, YOU THINK YOU CAN DO IT BETTER?
FRED RAYWORTH
For a while, and maybe even now, some writers decided to get into this mind set of place your description here because they read a lot and thought they could do it better.
I’ ve said before that was what I once thought was part of my reason for becoming a place my description here writer. It was a very fractional part. My main reasons for becoming a writer were that I found my muse, I loved to do it, certain writers inspired me( not despite them), and I had a natural inclination to just sit down and git‘ er done.
For those reasons, writing became a passion, rather than a hobby. I can say the same for telescopes and visual observing, which is more commonly known as amateur astronomy. It has been a lifelong passion, rather than a hobby. Both of these passions are in my blood, not some passing thing that I can take or leave.
Fred Rayworth A man of many talents
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Okay, you went to a few writing classes, you’ ve picked up a few chops. Now, you’ ve read quite a few books and seen numerous examples of lousy writing, some of them probably best-sellers. Think you can do it better?
There’ s a few things you need to know. Now, if you’ re an experienced writer or author, I’ m not telling you anything new. However, if you’ re just starting out, this is especially for you. If you’ ve been at this for a while and may have“ fergotted,” well, let me remind you.
Though you may be a decent writer, when it comes down to putting it on paper, or dashes and zeros( electronic media), there’ s a huge difference between what you think and what gets put down! What you think you wrote and what you actually write don’ t always end up being the same thing.
What about editing? Sure, you can polish and polish, but though you may get the grammar and syntax just right, there may be a huge issue still missing. Story. What if you get all that right and you have a great book? Well …
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SPRING 2018