quick poll

[aruan]

Despite reading a lot of good fic in this lovely fandom vast and wide, I blame a combination of journalism and poor nutrition on my inability to feel anything for this story I'm writing and want so desperately to be good.

So, as brief or as detailed as you please, what's the single best writing tip anyone's ever taught you/you've divined/gotten from a fortune cookie? Though maybe not that cookie thing, those aren't usually well-written.

At the moment, I'm going line-by-line and remembering to show, not tell.

Comments

[xalxuffasch.livejournal.com]

While I learned this earlier, I still give credit to the one and only, Ms. Miles: Writing the standard five paragraph essay for an AP will get you no where, unless its a wonderful, and natural, five paragraphs.

As an aside, I'm going to be in Orlando, with free time, next Friday. I would very much like to come visit, if you are amiable. Give me a call when you get a chance, and we'll try to get something done if you have the time.

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

I totally lied and will in fact be working as of *1:30* Friday afternoon, but if we can still work something out in my little hamlet, that'd be fab. Gimme a ring tomorrow, I'll sleep with the phone by my bed.