15 Habits of Successful Writers
- Write something EVERY day
- Read (a little) every day
- Watch a little TV or movies weekly
- Eliminate distractions, but write when and where it works best for you
- Observe and experience, actively
- Plan your writing (yep, I mean storyboard and outline)
- Make notes or a journal of observations, anecdotes, and experiences
- Set up an editorial calendar of the things you’d like to write
- Blog, submit for contests, submit for publication, tell people you write
- Work with and support writers better than you are
- Help and encourage writers that aren’t as good as you yet
- Attend and teach conferences and workshops
- Write until the end before you edit
- Read your work aloud
- Write outside your comfort zone, in different genres and formats
One to grow on:
16. Revise in one comprehensive pass, with discipline and attention to detail.
Additional Resources:
Ava Jae, Five Good Habits for Writers, http://avajae.blogspot.com/2013/09/5-good-habits-for-writers.html
Charlotte Frost, Forming Good Writing Habits, http://www.phd2published.com/2013/11/13/forming-good-writing-habits-by-charlotte-frost/
Leo Babauta, Learn From the Greats: 7 Writing Habits of Amazing Writers, http://writetodone.com/learn-from-the-greats-7-writing-habits-of-amazing-writers/
Joe Bunting, Five Smarter Habits of Great Writers, http://writetodone.com/five-smarter-habits-of-great-writers/
Hamilton College, Habits of Effective Writers, http://www.hamilton.edu/writing/writing-resources/habits-of-effective-writers
Melissa Donovan, How to Develop Better Writing Habits, http://www.writingforward.com/better-writing/writing-habits
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Pamela Fagan Hutchins, winner of the 2017 Silver Falchion award for Best Mystery (Fighting for
Pamela resides deep in the heart of Nowheresville, Texas and in the frozen north of Snowheresville, Wyoming. She has a passion for great writing and smart authorpreneurship as well as long hikes and trail rides with her hunky husband, giant horses, and pack of rescue dogs, donkeys, and goats. She also leaps medium-tall buildings in a single bound (if she gets a good running start).