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Old 8th February 2008, 12:32 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Good advice from Iain Banks

I think that Mister Banks words are very true and are aimed for those who hasn't done much of writing in their life, but feel that they are able to tell a story. The sole message that comes through his words is that 'one should keep on writing, and only worry about getting to the end. Editing and polishing comes afterwards, and not in the middle.'

You see that same message coming time after time, and it is the the only lesson what aspiring writing should take on board when one starts their writing career. Like John said in his 'questions thread', one should do more writing and less talking about writing, although studying the craft of writing is as important as doing just writing, but it really comes as second, because as they say 'you learn as you go'.
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