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Essential Tips for Aspiring Authors: Ignite Your Creativity and Improve Your Writing Skills

Dive into the essential writing tips by Christina McKeefry, designed for aspiring authors. Discover the importance of reading 70-80 books yearly in your chosen genre to stay current with trends and reader preferences. Learn the value of honest feedback from editors—who can be friends or mentors—and how to cultivate your creativity through free writing and art. Embrace change in your writing process, master realistic dialogue, and simplify complex concepts for your audience. Remember, criticism is a tool for growth. Use it to enhance your craft!

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Essential Tips for Aspiring Authors: Ignite Your Creativity and Improve Your Writing Skills

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  1. Tips for Authors in Training Christina Mckeefry

  2. You Need to Read • 70-80 books a year • Read the books in the genre you intend to right about • If you don’t know what’s selling or what people like, how can you expect to sell to a publisher?

  3. You Need To Have Editors • They don’t have to be Pro’s • Friends • Teachers • Parents • But they can’t be afraid to be honest!

  4. Keep the imagination intact • Use it everyday! • Free write • Draw • Anything to keep the creativity flowing!

  5. Do not be afraid of Change • First edition vs. final copy are going to look different • Ideas change constantly, so try it out a few times

  6. Listen to the dialogue around you • For people to believe the conversations in the book, it needs to feel real. • Also, keep dialogue in check. Don’t over do it.

  7. Don’t over use metaphors/similies • They’re good once and a while, but not every three seconds • Ex: His voice was soft as a feather and his touch was like a breath of air caressing her snow white skin as the sun scorched them like an over cooked turkey. • His voice was a breath of air and his touch was no different as he caressed her pale skin under the burning sun.

  8. Be clear • Just because you know what you’re talking about doesn’t mean everyone else does. • Ex: Shadowhunters and Downworlders roam the shadow-realm • Shadow hunters- the part angel part human warriors, keep the Downworlders- inhuman creatures such as vampires, warlocks, and werewovles, in line as they roam the shadow-realm- a place surrounding, but unseen by humans.

  9. Don’t be afraid of criticism • It’s a harsh world. Accept it. • Rejection • Negative comments • Make it work to your benefit. Allow it to help you improve. • Don’t let the good stuff get to your head. • Use it to improve in other places.

  10. You are your own worst critic • Read your stuff over and over. • Ask: • Will it make sense to the reader? • Is the wording weird? • Does it feel complete? • Makes changes if necessary

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