Encourage a Young Writer Day! by QuixoticApricot, journal
Encourage a Young Writer Day!
April 10 is Encourage a Young Writer Day! To spread some encouragement around DA, I've asked other writers to submit some writing advice that will hopefully inspire you, or at least give you a few ideas if you feel stuck. I also encourage everyone to keep an open mind as they read through these. What works for me may not work for you, and that's okay. Take from these whatever helps you, and don't worry about the rest. I hope everyone reading this will take something positive away from these submissions! First up, @VoidStarAbyss gives some advice on passion, first drafts, and more. Next, @MyDarkestHearts offers advice on rejection: Some advice from yours truly about the importance of setting things on fire: A lovely poem by @SheWritesLovelyPoems on the most important tool in your writer's toolbox: words themselves. @laraSZ2 offers advice on language and passion... ...while @PeppercornCapricorn on the dangers of writing advice (I've always been a fan of irony)
Encourage a Young Writer! Submissions Wanted! by QuixoticApricot, journal
Encourage a Young Writer! Submissions Wanted!
April 10 is "Encourage a Young Writer Day" and I want to celebrate it here on DA! What is the best piece of writing advice you've received? What is something you've learned along your writing journey? Share it with us! Submit a deviation (not a journal comment!) with your writing advice to encourage new writers, as well as those of us who have been around for awhile. Everyone who submits writing advice will be receive a diamond badge and hype badge. Your advice will be featured in a journal on April 10. Any format your advice takes is allowed! Prose, poetry, a short comic...even an interpretive dance. (It's a bit of a stretch, but if you can make it work, who am I to stop you?) To be eligible to receive badges: :bulletgreen: Submit your advice as a DEVIATION ONLY, not a journal comment. I want to get lots of writing advice out into the world, and only I will see it if it's a journal comment. I also can't feature comments in the same way I can feature deviations in the journal