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LIGHT OF MY LIFE, FIRE OF MY LOINS

Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at 11:56 PM

I read two books ( wolf rider and devil's race) by Avi recently and i really like the stories Avi wrote.So since i really like the stories he wrote i went online to find out more bout him as that's what i do.I found his official page and he gave his readers some tips to write better so I'm posting his tips here!Enjoy......Though i don't know what you're supposed to enjoy.Anyway here are the tips......
Five secrets to Good Writing! One: Write! It's not writing until it's on the paper. Story telling is a great art, but it is not story writing. Two: Rewrite! No one-ever--writes anything well the first time. The first draft can not be the last draft. (I rewrite my work fifty-sixty times--or more). Here's a tip: read your first draft, and if you think it's good, you are in trouble. But, if you read it and you see it's not that good, you are in great shape--to get going. The more you rewrite the better your writing will be. Three: Write for a reader: Maybe you understand what you have written, but the writer's job is to have the reader understand it. Keep in mind: writers don't write writing, they write reading. Four: Listen. Read your work out loud (pencil in hand) and it will let you hear your own writing. It will almost improve itself. Five: Read, read, read. Reading is the key to good writing. The more you read, the better the writer you can be. You can NEVER read too much.
Here's a pic of him:

“In most books, the I, or first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference. We commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking. I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well. Unfortunately, I am confined to this theme by the narrowness of my experience. Moreover, I, on my side, require of every writer, first or last, a simple and sincere account of his own life, and not merely what he has heard of other men's lives; some such account as he would send to his kindred from a distant land; for if he has lived sincerely, it must have been in a distant land to me. Perhaps these pages are more particularly addressed to poor students. As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to them. I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, for it may do good service to him whom it fits.” Your disclaimer, description, or bio goes here.

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