The Only 13 Writing Rules You’ll Ever Need

I found this list online and had to share:

1. If you write every day, you get better at writing every day.
2. If its boring to you, its boring to your reader.
3. Get a writing routine and stick with it.
4. Poetry does NOT have to rhyme. Poetry does NOT have to rhyme.
5. Resist stereotypes, in real live and in your writing.
6. Writer read. Writers read a lot. Writers read all the time.
7. Make lists of your favorite words and books and places and things.
8. Ther doesn’t always have to be a moral to the story.
9. Always bring your notebook. Always bring a spare pen.
10. Go for walks. Dance. Pull weeds. Do the dishes. Write about it.
11. Don’t settle on just one style. Try something new.
12. Learn to tell both sides of the story.
13. Stop reading this list. WRITE SOMETHING.

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