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RE: How to Become a Better Writer: Inspiration from Bradbury

in #writing7 years ago (edited)

Fascinating. Most of this I already do as a writer, but I particularly love his description of crying from being touched by his own work.. I have actually achieved that a few times--but not many. It certainly is a life-changing experience for a writer when it happens, and it does give you a real rush of adrenaline to keep writing for awhile. Intense.

Nice post. I grew up with science fiction guys like Bradbury, Asimov and
fantasy writers like Lewis and Tolkien, so this hits especially close to home for me.

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It is amazing to feel so much emotion when the writing flows like he says. Those moments feed the rest I think, but it's also important to remember his point about the writing that doesn't come out so well. All the writing serves a purpose even when we think it isn't very good.

Right...sometimes we need to push through thickety valleys to reach the mountaintops.