Browsing book samples refines your knowledge and can give you a way to measure your own writing. How does your book's opening compare to the classics?
Browsing book samples refines your knowledge and can give you a way to measure your own writing. How does your book's opening compare to the classics?
Do a slow read of your writing. Have you chosen your words well? Is your mind jumping ahead because the text is perfected or because you could cut it and lose nothing? If you don't want to read those words, will anyone else?
Open a book you love to a random page and read one sentence. Can you hear the author's voice? Does it evoke an emotion? Does it draw you in? Now open your own work. How does it fare?
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