Nick Harkaway's Blog - Posts Tagged "writing"

"…characterisation, plotting, self-editing and stamina are all vital and more challenging in the long run, but the making-stuff-up skill is more mysterious and less examined, because writers tend to think it’s a single action…"

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"Don’t try to adopt a style which doesn’t feel like yourself; your mask will slip as you work. Write, and find the voice, and then when you’ve found it, print it out and stick it up over your computer and look at it any time you’re in doubt. Let one good paragraph tell you how your writing should sound."

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