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Originally Posted by Mivo
[...] I intend to actually read through those I mentioned (here we go, a public declaration!), as some kind of DIY "course". (I got the idea from this blog.) [...] |
A lot of what you need to know you can discover by paying attention while reading in your own genre, but it certainly does help to become familiar with what things you should be looking out for. So while I might not have said flattering things about such books in my last post, they certainly have some value: they offer you tools you can practice with.
We all learn in different ways, but I think there is a common factor in anything to do with the arts and other complicated skills: LOTS OF IT!
There is just so much to consider with regard to writing that I don't think anyone can consciously manage it all in one go. What happens, instead, is that you practice and learn, and practice and learn, and practice and learn, until chunks of it become second nature. Slowly, more and more of it becomes just part of how you write and you can spend less time worrying over technicalities and more time expressing yourself.