If you can't write, don't. Nah, just kidding, everyone's got a story to tell

Remember that crappy book? The one you brought with you hoping it'd keep you alive on that three hour cross-country train ride, and it left you buried in boredom six feet under the railway track?

Well if you're writing something, an essay a story an article a dissertation, whatever, remember how that book treated you. Don't write something that makes the reader worse off than if they never touched it. Otherwise be ready to face a big fat Fail, serious trolling, cruel review, or zero sale. You can't help it because you're just not a talented writer? Good news is, you don't need to have a degree in English or literature to become a good writer. All you need is a bit of observation, a bit of feelings, and of course, a little patience to figure out all those things:

http://www.anysubject.com/lets-paint-a-story

p.s. Possibly the last ever article on editing on my blog. Well, hopefully.

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(Sickening view of a power plant on a truly tormenting train ride)

Hemingway: Write drunk, edit sober... Is that why editing is such a hungover experience?

You could be a hot-shot writer of George R. R. Martin status (not exactly, but you know what I mean) or a newbie writer - either way, you can't deny the fact that editing your book yourself OR getting it edited by professionals isn't a headache and a half...

Please follow the link to MY NEW ARTICLE and find out what you might or might not need in order to get your magnum opus perfect, polished and finally published.

http://www.anysubject.com/mechanical-editing-creative-editing

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(the image is not produced or owned by me)

Everybody Hates Editing

Just wrote an article on editing the other day for Any Subject Books. It's targeted on writers who view the boring and arduous task of editing as public enemy number one.

So if you're one of them, it's for you:

http://www.anysubject.com/everybody-hates-editing

Enjoy!