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The Rules of Writing, from the Sandman Man

Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 11, 2024
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Here's some writing advice from Neil Gaiman, writer of comic books and other media. They're outstanding of course.

The Rules of Writing, by Neil Gaiman:


1. Write

2. Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down.

3. Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.

4. Put it aside. Read it pretending you've never read it before. Show it to friends whose opinion you
respect and who like the kind of thing that this is.

5. Remember: when people tell you something's wrong or doesn't work for them, they are almost
always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost
always wrong.

6. Fix it. Remember that, sooner or later, before it ever reaches perfection, you will have to let it go and
move on and start to write the next thing. Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.

7. Laugh at your own jokes.

8. The main rule of writing is that if you do it with enough assurance and confidence, you're allowed to
do whatever you like. (That may be a rule for life as well as for writing. But it's definitely true for writing.)
So write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I'm not sure
that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter.

-Neil Gaiman


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anonymous?

PaulEberhardt at 7:35AM, Jan. 13, 2024

He gets right down to the very essence, and he's certainly someone who knows.

Andreas_Helixfinger at 8:47AM, Jan. 11, 2024

Solid advice from Mr. Gaiman👍


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