Writing Tips

A writer once observed that some people just like to attend writing classes; they don’t necessarily want to write. I feel that way sometimes, like after I come out of a great writing class, have read something really inspirational, or read a published work that makes me jealously think I could have done better. Finding the motivation to write is a difficult proposition. Established writers almost always suggest that a better strategy is to set a writing schedule and apply oneself to writing as if it were a regular job.

Tonight I had my first class of second semester. The class is Long-Form Nonfiction, taught by Ron Rosenbaum, who writes a column titled “The Edgy Enthusiast” for the New York Observer among other credentials. He had a lot to share with the class, suggestions for how to be a good writer. Here are some: