https://layla.dreamwidth.org/ Life in a Northern Town - Dreamwidth Studios Wed, 24 Jul 2013 18:20:54 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios layla personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/25810/50523 https://layla.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://layla.dreamwidth.org/226063.html Wed, 24 Jul 2013 18:20:54 GMT https://layla.dreamwidth.org/226063.html A couple of days ago, someone asked me via PM if I could give them some advice on starting a professional writing career (they were interested in writing SFF and romance). I'm probably not the best person to ask given the current state of <i>my</i> professional writing career -- but I went and wrote out a ginormous infodump in a PM, and then I decided to repost it here, because it might be useful to someone else, I guess?<br /><br />Plus, you guys can tell me if I'm way off base with any of this. Or if anyone has additional suggestions, tell me, and I can edit them in!<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://layla.dreamwidth.org/226063.html#cutid1">Advice for aspiring writers</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />So there it is ... maybe someone will find this handy, or maybe you guys have some better suggestions and/or would like to point out places where I'm way off base here?<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=layla&ditemid=226063" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://layla.dreamwidth.org/226063.html advice writing public 0