Writing Magic

7. Save everything you write, even if you don’t like it, even if you hate it. Save it for a minimum of fifteen years. I’m serious. At that time, if you want to, you can throw it out, but even then don’t discard your writing lightly.

6. Reread! There’s nothing wrong with reading a book you love over and over. When you do, the words get inside you, become part of you, in a way that words in a book you’ve read only once

5. Read! Most likely you don’t need this rule. If you enjoy writing, you probably enjoy reading. The payoff for this pleasure is that reading books shows you how to write them.

4. The best way to write more is to write whenever you have five minutes and wherever you find a chair and a pen and paper or your computer.

2. The best way to write better is to write more.
3. The best way to write better is to write more.

1. The best way to write better is to write more.