Reminiscing Song of the Day: "Wish" by Nine Inch Nails We're trying something new at my uber-new, uber-cool group blog, Paper Hangover. Every other week, we'll be doing the Friday Fives. This week's prompt: The FIVE things you wish you'd known before you became a writer...
Let's give this a try, shall we?
1. You know that "lame" English assignment? You know, the one where you have to swap papers with classmates and help them revise? Yeah, pay attention to those. It's going to make you a helluva beta reader.
2. You can kill your darlings. Sure, it sounds a little...morbid. But if you start missing any of them, you'll always have them saved in another file.
3. What? You'd rather read than to go to Tom, Dick, or Harry's big bash this weekend? Cool! The more you read, the better you write.
4. Your mom thinks you can be immature sometimes, but that's a COMPLIMENT! Your eternal adolescent behavior will make you a pretty cool YA writer.
5. Typing does not equal exercise. Get your butt to Zumba class.
What about you all? Any 5 things you wish you would've known? Swing by Paper Hangover to check out what others have to say. :)
BTW, we're joining the lovely Alicia, Holly, and Erinn in the Query Letter Blogfest! Join us and post your query letters on your blogs on April 19th--we'll make sure you get some valuable feedback!
16 comments:
Oh but if only typing DID equal exercise. *sigh* Thanks for participating! :)
Ha! Number 5 totally made me laugh! :D
Typing should TOTALLY count for calorie burning!! lol Awesome list!
Ha ha ha. I love #5. I wish I had known that I didn't have to be older or have more experience to write a novel. I wish I knew that other high school or college kids were trying to get published, so I could too.
#3- Heck yeah! I would skip out on hanging with friends so that I could hang out at Barnes and Noble! And lmao at #5...I had to learn that the hard way! :)
:D #5 needs to be printed out and framed, seriously.
Exercise is soo important! My morning runs really help clear my head for writing (and keep me healthy)
these are all great!
Ahahaha, I just got a Zumba video for myself as a matter of fact. ;)
Funny list! I love it.
Great list. The peer editing was always a joke in my school. They based their comments on how much they LIKED YOU. (And someone needs to explain the Zumba appeal to me.)
OT: That is a GREAT song.
#3 is so me!
Thanks for the feedback, ladies! This sure was fun--excited about the next topic. :)
This is an awesome list. WOOT YOU!
Oh, it's all so true. Particularly #5 this week!
I love this prompt! Your list is great and I agree with all of your points. I've been thinking about #5 a lot lately because I feel like I spent so much time SITTING. Now that spring weather is finally here, I hope to remedy that. :)
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