Karen Chichester's List: Writing-Publishing

• Reading is the best way to learn to write well. Read as much as you can. Think about what you read: how the author made it interesting, or funny, or suspenseful. And write as much as you can, too.
• he important thing is what you absorb from your surroundings. To be a keen observer….to see and ponder and weigh….to hear the cadence of speech and notice the shrugs and gestures and the way the eyebrows lift or the lip curls…to perceive human relationships and how they work (or don’t)….all of that is what makes a writer.
• Keep a journal.
• My personal opinion is that you should not worry about ‘being published’. You should enjoy writing, and writing more and more, so that you become better at
• There isn’t anything magical. It’s a lot of hard work, a lot of fun, and a lot of waiting for the words.

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