Writing tip #5) Don’t write an instruction manual
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:18 am
Writing tip #4) Never stop writing!
Stephen King had a drinking problem for a long time. He doesn't hide it in his book. He also doesn't justify that he needs alcohol to be creative. That's nonsense.
If you drink, you drink, whether you're a writer, a taxi driver or a bum. "We all look pretty much the same when we puke in the gutter."
But there was one thing he couldn’t let china telegram screening alcohol stop him from doing: writing.
He never stopped writing and trusted that things would get better. And things did get better.
Trust the process.
Descriptions are important. Without them, no picture emerges in the reader's mind.
Unfortunately, many authors get lost in endless descriptions. Stephen King calls such texts an “instruction manual.”
Example:
A girl who was 156 cm tall came into the room, wearing a checked skirt, a white blouse and a jacket.
The solution?
Vague comparisons. Comparisons are a shortcut to a quick image in the reader's mind.
Stephen King had a drinking problem for a long time. He doesn't hide it in his book. He also doesn't justify that he needs alcohol to be creative. That's nonsense.
If you drink, you drink, whether you're a writer, a taxi driver or a bum. "We all look pretty much the same when we puke in the gutter."
But there was one thing he couldn’t let china telegram screening alcohol stop him from doing: writing.
He never stopped writing and trusted that things would get better. And things did get better.
Trust the process.
Descriptions are important. Without them, no picture emerges in the reader's mind.
Unfortunately, many authors get lost in endless descriptions. Stephen King calls such texts an “instruction manual.”
Example:
A girl who was 156 cm tall came into the room, wearing a checked skirt, a white blouse and a jacket.
The solution?
Vague comparisons. Comparisons are a shortcut to a quick image in the reader's mind.