So your writing sucks
Gareth (whose last name I don't know and am too lazy to look very far for) gives us his best tips for making your writing suck less at StreetTech.
Among his suggestions:
- Throw out the first waffle Writers, especially newbies, often waste this first graph (or two or three) setting up their subject, gobbling up precious column inches, awkwardly warming up to their subject. When you're done with your initial draft, take a hard, dispassionate look at the first few graphs. See if you can slice 'em off. Be harsh
- Write like yourself, only more so This motto comes from science fiction author Rudy Rucker who writes what he calls "transrealist" fiction. He takes real situations and people from his life and exaggerates them in his novels. He believes this creates a more honest, grounded, textural fiction, even when dealing with out-of-this-world subjects.
- Sometimes the best things you write, you write by mistake Keeping a journal of your thoughts on anything (not just the mundane details of your so-called life), or engaging in good online conversation, are greats ways of learning how to write with freedom and immediacy. You'll be surprised how much turns out to be useable material.
- For god's sake, have fun!