Rebecca’s Rules for Writing
Rebecca’s Rule for Writing.
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Rule # 1: Leave your author ego at the door
Rule # 2: The Story Always, Always Rules
Rule # 3: Write Straight Forward
The following are miscellaneous ‘rules’ I originate during the course of my everyday blogging. I toss them in here as I hit upon them for easy reference. As I address them further, they will have their own page and link.
- If you’re not crying when you write it, they’re not crying when they read it. If you’re not laughing when you write it, they’re not laughing when they read it. If your writing doesn’t effect you, it certainly is not going to effect the reader. You can not stay detached from your story.
- Your reader has to trust you to take you all the way into the story and out the other side safely. This does not mean that they are not going to see some bad even horrific stuff along the way (depends on what you’re writing) but they have to be absolutely certain you’re going to hold their hand the entire time while you take them through. Build reader trust.
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October 9th, 2007 at 9:06 am