” A story in your head isn’t a story. It’s just a daydream until you actually write it down. So write it down. “
” You want an audience. If you didn’t, you wouldn’t be a writer. The biggest motivation to write is the knowledge that someone will read it. “
” Don’t tell your stories to anyone. You’ll be more motivated knowing it’s a prerequisite to having an audience. “
” Thanks to our modern era, facts are incredibly easy to come by. A few web searches for your subject matter, and you have all the information you could dream of. “
” There’s more to research than just looking up facts. Eventually, you have to make subjective calls. If you’re writing a science fiction novel, there’s probably some speculative technology in it. You’ll have to decide how to project existing technology forward in a plausible way. “
” If you look up every last detail on your subject, you’ll never finish. “
” Eventually, while researching, you’ll learn something you didn’t want to know. Some fact that ruins a plotline you had in mind. The good news is that sometimes, learning all the facts can make for a much more interesting story than you originally had in mind. “
” If the reader is rooting for the protagonist, they’ll forgive you just about everything else. “
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