Tips on writing

Writing advices from Landour days, a journal entry of Ruskin bond:

·       Make sure you can spell. If you can put a sentence together, that’s even better.

·       Writing is not simply about words. Are you observant? Can you tell the difference   between a sparrow and a sparrow hawk?

·        Writing about oneself has its limitation. Are you interested in anyone other than    yourself?

·        Are you prepared to wait years, maybe a lifetime, for recognition? If you want instant   recognition, become a model.

·         If you are convinced that you are an unrecognized genius, remember this: everyone    feels the same way.

·         Writers block: just make sure the waste paper basket is within throwing distance.

    

     Most essentially, read, read, and read.